Arjun Bala is a patent attorney and a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst (CPVA) with 20 years of experience in patent prosecution. He has worked as head of India Operations for a US patent law firm headquartered in California, closely working with Silicon Valley start-ups, VCs, and tech MNCs prior to founding Metayage in 2006. At Metayage, Arjun and his team have got over 160 US patents and over 220 Indian patents granted for their clients at a success rate of over 90%. Arjun is a strategic IP partner for leading incubators such as IIIT-Hyderabad's CIE and IIT Bombay's SINE. He has also worked as patent counsel for an incubator in Seattle called Kernel Labs. Arjun has developed International patent portfolios for many deep tech startups like Niramai, Saankhya Labs, and Miko.ai. Arjun is also a singer, blogger, and an inventor, with a granted Indian patent for a presentation delivery app.