Alexander Bost

Alex spent four years conducting academic research at MIT in fields spanning materials science, biology, computational neuroscience, condensed matter physics, and space systems. He earned a Master's degree from MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics with a focus on space propulsion, where he worked on ion electrospray propulsion systems.

Alex joined an ion engine startup after completing his graduate degree, performing vacuum chamber testing, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) fabrication in a Class 10 cleanroom, and laser micromachining. He helped lead a breakthrough in microfabrication techniques that improved microstructure manufacturing precision by more than 10x and ion thruster performance by more than 5x. He is a named inventor on U.S. Patent No. 11,545,351, Apparatus for Electrospray Emission.

Alex was a USPTO patent examiner for three years, after which he worked at a composites manufacturing startup managing patent filings, interfacing with engineers to identify potential inventions, and educating the company about the patenting process. He passed the USPTO Patent Practitioner Registration Exam in early 2023 and spent two and a half years as a patent agent before spending a year and a half developing software tools for patent analysis.

Outside of patent law, Alex enjoys being outside as much as possible and has a Wilderness First Responder certification.

Alex is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.