Riyon Harding

Riyon is a patent strategist who develops portfolios to maximize business value of the assets. She is co-chair of the Intellectual Asset Management Network for the Industrial Research Institute, licensing executive for the LOT Network, IP consultant, trainer and public speaker. Having prepared and prosecuted many patent applications, she is also a named inventor on several US Patents and applications.

Riyon has over 15 years of patent experience and most recently drove the Coca-Cola Freestyle team’s IP strategy and portfolio development efforts. She executed on that strategy to ensure business alignment and create customer value. She led the engineering teams through the inventive process, managed the patent portfolio and continuously analyzed the competitive IP landscape. Previously she worked with IBM’s Technology and IP Licensing group as an executive IP Strategist. There she worked with companies and research organizations around the globe to create strategic IP programs and enable them to maximize the value of their IP.

Riyon also spent several years developing an intellectual asset management software tool, Advance IP, to enable organizations to better build, manage and commercialize their IP.