Nicholas P. Caiafa

Prior to becoming an intellectual property attorney, Nick was a Design Engineer at

Parker Hannifin, where he worked in a research and development incubator, funded by the Chief Technology Officer. He was the primary engineer on the development of a

piezoelectric cutting device for surgical and non-surgical uses, where he designed,

fabricated, and tested functional prototypes to meet customer specifications, and further performed proof-of-concept demonstrations for interested parties and Parker Hannifin executives. In the year prior to attending law school, Nick transitioned to the

development of balance of plant designs for fuel cell applications, where he focused

primarily on fluid mechanics , including the design and testing of desulfurization filters

and blower configurations.