Matthew Lee Prater

I am the point-contact for intellectual property for the automotive and global application and technology (GApT) business lines.  I am a lawyer admitted to practice in several US jurisdictions and am a patent attorney admitted to practice before the United States Patent Office.

I am a mechanical engineer, and have experience in automotive engineering, specifically in Electrical and Electronics Research and Development.  I also have fluid-power engineering experience.  Before joining SABIC I was a lawyer in private practice.

SABIC Innovative Plastics is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with a 75-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers’ most pressing challenges. Today, SABIC Innovative Plastics is a multi-billion-dollar company with operations in more than 35 countries and approximately 9,000 employees worldwide. The company continues to lead the plastics industry with customer collaboration and continued investments in new polymer technologies, global application development, process technologies, and environmentally responsible solutions that serve diverse markets such as automotive, electronics, building & construction, transportation, and healthcare.