Asmita Chande
Director of Intellectual Property
Asmita Chande leads Zap Energy’s intellectual property (IP) strategy and portfolio, which protect the company’s fusion, fission, and hybrid technologies and support their path to commercialization.
Chande built Zap’s IP program from the ground up, from invention capture and patent strategy to the IP frameworks behind collaborations with national laboratories, industry partners, and research institutions.
Chande has 20 years of experience in IP strategy, global portfolio development, and patent prosecution. Before joining Zap, she spent five years at Boeing, shaping IP strategy for deep tech domains and overseeing a global portfolio of more than 3,000 cases. Earlier, she spent more than a decade at Amin, Turocy & Watson LLP, prosecuting patents for Fortune 100 clients.
She holds a master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.