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Bao Tran
Santa Clara, CA Patents Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(669) 232-3440
4701 Patrick Henry Dr, Building #16
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Free ConsultationPatents and IP
Univ of Houston Law Center
Experienced Patent Attorney Specializing in IP Strategy and Valuation
With three decades of expertise, I am a seasoned patent attorney dedicated to helping businesses protect their Go-To-Market plans and increase company valuation through IP-based transformation. My focus is on converting innovative ideas into valuable IP assets.
Areas of Expertise
*Intellectual property strategy development and execution
*Patent portfolio management and monetization
*IP initiatives for enterprises of all sizes
Notable Experience
Medical Device Industry
*Guided companies from startup to IPO
*Handled procurement, prosecution, due diligence, opinions, and litigation
*Worked with technologies including dental materials, 3D printing, software systems, and HIPAA compliance
Semiconductor and Technology Sectors
*Represented a fabless 3D semiconductor company (FinFET and monolithic...
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Ali Makoui
San Jose, CA Patents Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
I am very responsive to clients' inquiries and easy to get along with. I am used to doing heavy lifting for tough tasks.
My practice concentration is in writing Patent and Trademark applications. We write patent specifications and prepare trademark applications with the possibility of future litigation in mind. Examples of my patent technology fields include software, electronic, telecommunications, semiconductors, Internet-of-Things, medical devices, smart phones application, data encryption, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, virtualization, medical devices, eCommerce, and mechanical devices.
I have also prepared numerous office action responses and appeal briefs in the U.S. and other jurisdictions, including European Patent Office (EPO), Japan,...
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Gerald Ray Prettyman
Pleasanton, CA Patents Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents, Business, IP and Trademarks
Golden Gate University
Gerald R. Prettyman has been preparing and filing patents since 2001, and since 2006 has filed trademarks, copyrights and business filings, and worked to prevent and solve legal problems for his clients. Mr. Prettyman has prepared and filed over 200 patent applications for his clients and over 70 trademarks. Mr. Prettyman was previously an engineer and business manager, making him uniquely qualified to work with and protect the intellectual property of tech companies and to advise start-ups on how to make money without spending money. Mr. Prettyman is a U.S. Navy veteran.
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James Gulseth
Livermore, CA Patents Attorney with 51 years of experience
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
UC Hastings COL
James H. (Jim) Gulseth was born and attended high school in Devils Lake, North Dakota and graduated with an A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Jim earned his JD degree at the University of California Hastings School of Law in San Francisco and is admitted to practice in the State of California and before the Federal District Court, Northern District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the Corporations, Business Transactions, Securities and Tax and Intellectual Property Sections of the State Bar of California. Jim’s reported cases include...
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Peter Tormey
Pleasant Hill, CA Patents Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
John F. Kennedy University
Mr. Tormey has over 20 years of experience in product development, marketing and intellectual property protection. As a company startup veteran, Mr. Tormey brings a unique perspective on the value of intellectual property to a small and growing business. As such, he also speaks to entrepreneurs and business executives on how to protect and leverage IP assets. Mr. Tormey is the author of the "Startup Guide to Intellectual Property." As a patent attorney, Mr. Tormey has drafted over 100 patent applications covering software, electronics, wireless, radio, mobile applications, encryption and automation controls. Besides intellectual property law, ...
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Robert Lockhart Taylor
Livermore, CA Patents Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Robert L. (Bob) Taylor was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended high school in Berkeley, California. Bob graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982 with an A.B. degree in Economics. Bob graduated from the Boalt Hall School of Law (UC Berkeley) in 1985, where he was a member of the California Law Review. In 1985, he was admitted to practice in the State of California and before the Federal District Court, Northern District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He has since also been admitted...
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Quynh Chen
Newark, CA Patents Attorney with 11 years of experience
Patents, Business, Family and Trademarks
Quynh (“Quinn”) Chen is a bilingual attorney that has been admitted to practice in the Ninth Circuit of the United States Appellate Court. Her practice areas primarily focus on family law, entity formations, and intellectual property. Her interest is in software patents and helping underrepresented clients in her community.
As part of her interest in software patents, Ms. Chen is proficient in programming in Ruby on Rails, MEAN stack Javascript, and working with various databases. While at Golden Gate University, School of Law, she served as Vice President of Asian Pacific American Law Student Association.
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Richard Bennett Salles
Walnut Creek, CA Patents Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents, IP and Trademarks
Univ of Oregon School of Law and U.S. ARMY TJAGCLS
Richard is a USPTO Registered Patent Attorney who loves helping creative people realize their dreams. Rich received his BA from Princeton University, then completed his Physics coursework at San Francisco State University. Rich received his J.D. with Honors & Certified in Intellectual Property from the University of Oregon School of Law. Rich has practiced in patent prosecution, patent litigation and military law, having served as an Army JAG Corps Captain stateside and overseas.
Many lawyers call themselves "i.p. lawyers," but few are truly Registered with the USPTO, licensed to secure you your patent or ® Trademark.
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Mr. Stuart James West P.E.
Walnut Creek, CA Patents Attorney with 26 years of experience
Patents and IP
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Andrew Oliver
San Jose, CA Patents Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Patents and IP
University of Virginia School of Law
Andrew is a trial lawyer and intellectual property counselor helping clients build and protect their intellectual property portfolios and defend against accusations. He appears in the Federal Circuit and District Courts in several jurisdictions, including CA, DE, NY, TX, and VA and represents clients in the patent and trademark office and in arbitration. Andrew provides counseling including opinions regarding patent validity and infringement, intellectual property due diligence, litigation-avoidance strategies, etc.
Andrew has a degree in systems engineering and software engineering experience (designing and coding client/server software and relational databases). He has extensive experience litigating cases in a variety of...
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Dorian Cartwright
San Jose, CA Patents Attorney with 23 years of experience
Patents, IP and Trademarks
Univ of Iowa COL
Patent Attorney, Dorian Cartwright, has over 20 years of experience in providing intellectual property services to hi-tech companies of Silicon Valley and worldwide. He specializes in patent prosecution matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, primarily in the electrical arts, and additionally, supports patent litigation and patent licensing matters. His technical expertise includes computer networking, computer architecture, microprocessors, video compression and recognition, social networking, mobile apps, digital and analog circuits, and robotics, among others.
Mr. Cartwright understands the interplay of technology and business objectives. Currently, at the Law Office of Dorian Cartwright, a range of clients from large technology companies,...
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John Paul Costello
Sacramento, CA Patents Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Patents and IP
Georgetown University Law Center
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Samuel Kesil Simpson
San Jose, CA Patents Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Patents
George Washington Univ LS
I am a patent attorney that focuses on obtaining software patents. Having an engineering degree in computer science in addition a law degree, I routinely work with software engineers in terms they understand. I have eperience in a wide array of software technology areas, such as mobile app development, networks, machine learning, virtual reality, augmented reality, and databases.
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Douglas Lafontaine Weller
Santa Clara, CA Patents Attorney with 42 years of experience
Patents and IP
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Alan Ernest Heimlich
Santa Clara, CA Patents Attorney with 24 years of experience
Patents, Business and IP
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Robert Vincent Mazzola
Sacramento, CA Patents Attorney
1860 Howe Ave, Unit 100
Sacramento, CA 95825
Patents, Business and IP
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Attorney Robert V. Mazzola is the founder of Waterstone Edge. Waterstone Edge is a law firm providing comprehensive legal services for individuals and businesses. Legal representation and services include, but are not limited to:
1) Basic and advanced corporation formation and structuring
2) Intellectual property, including patents, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets
3) Business, employment, and consumer contracts
Mr. Mazzola provides sound legal representation and services to clients. Mr. Mazzola currently serves as Legal Counsel to a news aggregator and as Legal Counsel to a computer software company.
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Daniel Ballard
Carmichael, CA Patents Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
Dan Ballard serves as outside corporate counsel for small to medium-sized businesses. In addition to transactional and branding advice, Mr. Ballard focuses on providing intellectual property advice and, if necessary, litigation to resolve disputes. As a patent attorney, Mr. Ballard works to protect clients' intellectual property assets through patent, trademark, and copyright registrations.
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Glenn William Peterson
Roseville, CA Patents Attorney with 39 years of experience
Patents and IP
Pepperdine University
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Charles Louis Thoeming
Lafayette, CA Patents Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents, Arbitration & Mediation and IP
Gonzaga Univ School of Law
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Andrew Kevin Jacobson
Oakland, CA Patents Attorney with 35 years of experience
Patents, Antitrust, Business and IP
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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Paul L. Hickman
Palo Alto, CA Patents Attorney with 40 years of experience
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Valery R. Polyakov
Oakley, CA Patents Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Patents, Family, IP and Landlord Tenant
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Kenneth Arlan Murray
Davis, CA Patents Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
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Karthik Krishna Murthy
Fremont, CA Patents Lawyer
United States Patent Attorney Karthik Murthy has over 10 years of experience in patent and trademark law. He has written and filed numerous patent applications in a wide variety of technical fields. He has responded to office actions, talked with patent examiners, and brought several patents to issue.
He also has several years of experience in patent litigation. He is well versed in writing complaints, writing claims charts, responding to motions, settlement negotiations and electronic data discovery. He has worked with all types of clients, including large multinationals, growing startups and individuals, from all around the world.
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Robert Michael Harkins Jr
Berkeley, CA Patents Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Patents and IP
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
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Deitrich Zook
Richmond, CA Patents Attorney with 17 years of experience
Patents
Cornell University
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Jay B. Hann
Concord, CA Patents Attorney with 15 years of experience
1475 Balhan Dr
#108
Concord, CA 94521
Patents and IP
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M. Reza Savari
Pleasanton, CA Patents Attorney with 25 years of experience
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Alex P. Moskovitz
Berkeley, CA Patents Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Patents, Business and Estate Planning
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Brian Frederic Leege
San Jose, CA Patents Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Patents
University of Wisconsin Law School and The George Washington University Law School
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Sanjay Bhardwaj
Fremont, CA Patents Attorney
44663 Japala Pl
Fremont, CA 94539
Patents and Divorce
Stephen Lewis Davis
El Dorado Hills, CA Patents Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Patents, IP and Real Estate
UCLA School of Law
John Patrick O'Banion
Sacramento, CA Patents Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Patents, Business and IP
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Jonathan Noel Osder
Oakland, CA Patents Attorney with 31 years of experience
Patents and IP
University of San Francisco School of Law
Kathleen Marie Kerekes
Sacramento, CA Patents Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Patents, Antitrust, Business and IP
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Gregory R. Brockbank
Berkeley, CA Patents Lawyer
2140 Shattuck Ave.
Suite 707
Berkeley, CA 94704
Patents, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Estate Planning
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Marin Cionca
San Francisco, CA Patents Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents, IP and Trademarks
Concord Law School
Since 2009, Mr. Cionca is a registered patent attorney and founder of CIONCA IP Law P.C. ("CIONCA IP"), an intellectual property law practice based in Irvine, Orange County, California. He has an extensive technical background having graduated from a five-year European engineering program, having practical engineering experience and having taught College Physics. He helps clients with patent application and prosecution matters in various technologies including, engineering, computer, software, mechanical, physics-related and medical device technologies.
He also helps startups and businesses acquire and enforce their intellectual property rights in patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other IP, such as by sending cease...
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Karima Gulick
Irvine, CA Patents Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents, IP and Trademarks
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Karima is an intellectual property lawyer and registered patent attorney. Karima litigates and helps clients obtain patents and trademarks in diverse industries. She helps business owners build, strengthen, and protect their brands and ideas. She has experience in all areas of intellectual property law including trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, domain name disputes, and eBay disputes. Karima brings a unique perspective to intellectual property issues drawing on years of engineering and managerial experience.
Need help protecting or enforcing your ideas? Contact us at 949-429-0212 or email karima@kgulick.com
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Michael Cohen
Beverly Hills, CA Patents Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents, Business, IP and Trademarks
Southwestern University School of Law
Mr. Cohen is the founder and principal of the Cohen IP Law Group, P.C. His practice involves intellectual property, business and entertainment law.
Mr. Cohen is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney and is experienced in all phases of IP litigation relating to patent infringement validity and enforceability, trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and interference with contractual relations. He specializes in matters involving UDRP proceedings, cybersquatting, and other domain name issues, and has successfully obtained preliminary injunctions against cybersquatters.
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Christopher McElwain
Monterey, CA Patents Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents, Business, IP and Trademarks
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Chris is experienced in a range of practice areas affecting business owners and creative professionals, including trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, plant variety protection, domain names, licensing and other contracts, sweepstakes and contest regulation, online speech and civil litigation. ? Prior to founding Knowmad Law, Chris was head of the trademark and transactional practice at LaRiviere, Grubman P.C. and head of the litigation practice at Saper Law Offices in Chicago. He attended law school at USC, where he was a member of the Southern California Law Review. Before entering the legal profession, he also taught English at Northwestern Polytechnical University in...