Overview
Andrew’s intellectual property practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution and counseling of clients in the fields of memory devices, photonics and optoelectronics, semiconductor devices and materials, digital and analog circuits, machine learning & artificial intelligence, software, wireless communications, networking, and optical systems. Andrew also provides strategic counseling regarding licensing and intellectual property litigation matters, including inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board. His practice includes advice on trademark procurement and opinions on invalidity or non-infringement of certain patents.
Andrew attended Stanford University as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, where his research focused on optical networks and autonomous vehicular communications. There, he also advised a graduate aerospace team on antenna design for a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory project. During his undergraduate career, Andrew’s research focused on CdTe solar cells and the characteristics of THz beams.
Andrew has interned in technical roles at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Broadcom Corporation, and Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.
Education & Admissions
University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2014)
Stanford University (M.S.E.E., 2011), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient
University of South Florida, Tampa (M.S.E.E., 2008), Concentration in Signal Processing/Wireless Communications
University of South Florida, Tampa (B.S.E.E.; B.S., Finance, 2008), summa cum laude; Kosove Scholar; King O'Neal Scholar
Admissions
- Washington
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Experience
Representative Experience
- Conducted invention disclosure meetings and prepared & prosecuted patent applications in technologies including optical devices and systems (e.g., virtual reality and augmented reality devices/applications), memory devices and storage systems, digital and analog circuits, software applications such as neural networks and e-commerce applications, cloud computing systems, mobile device applications, medical imaging, sensor and wireless systems (e.g., 5G and “Internet of Things” applications), and semiconductor device design & fabrication.
- Counseled clients regarding patent subject matter eligibility, particularly for software applications.
- Counseled start up clients regarding patent portfolio development during prototype and seed funding stages.
- Counseled clients regarding options for expedited examination of patent applications, including prioritized examination and patent prosecution highway procedures.
- As pro bono legal work, researched and analyzed Washington state law related to education policy and services for children and youth experiencing foster care and/or homelessness. See https://www.treehouseforkids.org/corporate-partners-give-time-and-talent/.
Industries & Practices
Patent Prosecution, Portfolio Strategy & Management
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