Laura C. Brutman

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Laura focuses her practice on patent prosecution and client counseling. She also advises clients on post-grant proceedings, license negotiations, due diligence, and litigation. Laura has successfully drafted and prosecuted thousands

Shawn M. Buchanan

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Shawn’s practice is primarily focused on the preparation and prosecution of utility and design patent applications in the United States and internationally, including Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Applications.  Shawn also

Jay R. Bombien

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Jay R. Bombien counsels clients on all types of patent-related matters while focusing on securing patent rights in electrical, computer, and mechanical technologies including medical imaging systems, autonomous driving, factory

Simon C. Lasker

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Simon represents clients in a variety of intellectual property matters, focusing on patent prosecution, counseling, and post-grant proceedings such as IPR and ex parte reexamination. Simon has assisted clients in

Andy N. Kim

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Andy Kim focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, opinion work, and PTAB proceedings.  Andy understands legal and technical issues of clients’ matters in depth with his years of legal experience and

Wesley W. Jones

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Wes focuses his practice on patent matters, including litigation, client counseling, and patent preparation and prosecution. Melding his legal experience at law firms and as the chief patent counsel for

Venkatram Pepakayala, Ph.D.

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Venkatram assists in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in a wide range of engineering fields.  His expertise spans multiple facets of electrical and mechanical engineering, including communication technologies,

Jihan Joo

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Jihan practices patent prosecution and strategic patent counseling in the computer and electrical industries. Jihan has prepared and prosecuted numerous patent applications for Fortune 100 companies across a wide range

Christian LaForgia

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Christian assists clients in patent procurement and portfolio development. As a former patent examiner with experience working at law firms and in-house, Christian understands his clients’ needs and how to

Brian T. Apel

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Brian is a litigator, focusing his intellectual-property practice on patent litigation. He has experience in all stages of litigation from pre-suit diligence and claim construction to trials and appeals. Outside

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