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Charlie's clients include Fortune 100 companies and Silicon Valley startups. His seven years of professional experience as an electrical engineer and computer programmer provide a strong foundation to help his clients build patent portfolios in all areas of software, computer architecture, telecommunications and Internet-related inventions. His other areas of expertise include digital electronics, MEMS and audio and image processing.
Prior to beginning his law career, Charlie was an electrical engineer for Hughes Aircraft Company working on systems integration in Hughes Radar Systems division. At Jet Propulsion Laboratory he worked in the Communications Research division on projects such as the solar system radar and military communications systems. He was a contract programmer developing business, educational and entertainment software for such clients as Sega, Atari, Hughes and Honeywell, coding in many languages from high-level down through assembly and microcode.
| 5,197,004 | Method and apparatus for automatic categorization of applicants from resumes |
| 5,218,271 | Plasma accelerator with closed electron drift |
| 5,245,202 | Conductivity modulation type MISFET and a control circuit thereof |
| 5,262,611 | Apparatus for ion-plasma machining workpiece surfaces including improved decelerating system |
| 5,309,382 | Binary shifter |
| 5,392,386 | Method and apparatus for adding functionality to computer programs executing under graphical user interfaces |
| 5,412,567 | Augmenting a lexical transducer by analogy |
| 5,418,717 | Multiple score language processing system |
| 5,467,410 | Identification of a blank page in an image processing system |
| 5,471,575 | Interactive parameter driven iterative financial spreadsheet analysis with context and layout sensitive help screen |
| 5,477,474 | Computer logic simulation with dynamic modeling |
| 5,487,143 | Computer user interface having tiled and overlapped window areas |
| 5,546,943 | Stimulating a beneficial human response by using visualization of medical scan data to achieve psychoneuroimmunological virtual reality |
| 5,566,328 | Reconstructing directory pathnames from file handles in a computer system |
| 5,581,684 | Application-external help system for a windowing user interface |
| 5,583,763 | Method and apparatus for recommending selections based on preferences in a multi-user system |
| 5,594,856 | Computer user interface for step-driven character animation |
| 5,731,821 | Computer user interface for step-driven character animation |
| 5,801,703 | Method and apparatus for selectably expandable menus |
| 5,825,675 | Apparatus and configuration method for a small, hand-held computing device |
| 5,838,906 | Distributed hypermedia method for automatically invoking external application providing interaction and display of embedded objects within a hypermedia document |
| 5,842,630 | Structure formed of a single sheet of foldable material for containing three dimensional objects |
| 5,909,375 | Buffer for identification of pin contentions in circuit design and simulation |
| 6,003,040 | Apparatus and method for storing, navigating among and adding links between data items in computer databases |
| 6,006,031 | Method and apparatus for reconciling conflicting translations by factoring and parameterizing differences |
| 6,025,576 | Bulk vessel heater skid for liquefied compressed gases |
| 6,066,960 | Programmable logic device having combinational logic at inputs to logic elements within logic array blocks |
| 6,076,179 | Method and apparatus of increasing the vector rate of a digital test system |
| 6,078,427 | Smooth transition device for area of interest head-mounted display |
| 6,094,650 | Database analysis using a probabilistic ontology |
| 6,115,826 | Interval-timing facility using overbuilt hierarchical timing wheels |
| 6,189,012 B1 | Apparatus and method for storing, navigating among and adding links between data items |
| 6,194,653 B1 | Enclosure design having an integrated system of retention, electromagnetic interference containment and structural load distribution |
| 6,222,675 B1 | Area of interest head-mounted display using low resolution, wide angle; high resolution, narrow angle; and see-through views |
| 6,233,364 B1 | Method and system for detecting and tagging dust and scratches in a digital image |
| 6,247,008 B1 | Relational database access system using semantically dynamic objects |
| 6,275,229 B1 | Computer user interface for graphical analysis of information using multiple attributes |
| 6,289,338 B1 | Database analysis using a probabilistic ontology |
| 6,298,481 B1 | System for modifying the functionality of compiled computer code at run-time |
| 6,362,817 B1 | System for creating and viewing 3D environments using symbolic descriptors |
| 6,381,696 B1 | Method and system for transient key digital time stamps |
| 6,404,441 B1 | System for creating media presentations of computer software application programs |
| B.S. | University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, 1980 Electrical Engineering National Merit Scholarship |
| M.S. | University of Southern California, 1989 Computer Engineering |
| J.D. | Hastings College of the Law, 1991 |
| 1991 | California |
| 1992 | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 35,809) |
Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC |
San Francisco and Palo Alto, CA |
2003 to Present |
Patent licensing, prosecution, valuation and acquisition in the computer, software and electrical arts. Clients include Fortune 100 companies and Silicon Valley startups. Patent portfolio development and management. Client counseling for IP strategy. Extensive patent prosecution and litigation experience in software, telecommunications, DSP, computer and digital systems inventions. Patents have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing and litigation efforts. Extensive work with startup companies especially Internet entertainment, infrastructure, B2B, database, user interface and e-commerce enabling applications. MEMS, semiconductor process, nanoengineering.
Townsend and Townsend and Crew |
San Francisco, CA |
1997 to 2003 |
Training and management of associates. 1-2M of prosecution-based billings. See Townsend experience, below.
Sony Corporation of America |
San Jose, CA |
1995 to 1997 |
Sole attorney responsible for establishing and managing Sony's West Coast Intellectual Property operations in a facility of 800 engineers. Responsible for instituting programs to patent Sony's technology and products especially in the areas of computer architecture, software, digital audio, Internet content delivery, interactive entertainment, professional broadcast products, data compression and transmission, semiconductor design and other R&D. Negotiation of contract clauses for technology partnering (e.g., Intel re: Sony PC, Apple re: IEEE 1394). Counseling company presidents on strategic IP issues. Handling of third-party matters. Selection and management of outside counsel. Drafting of key patents. Supporting Los Angeles-based picture and content-related groups in new media development. Copyright, trademark and trade secret work.
Townsend and Townsend and Crew |
San Francisco, CA |
1991 to 1995 |
Specialist in software, user interface and computer-related inventions. Drafted 25-30 patents per year. Managed software clean-room development for a large software developer. Litigation experience in patent infringement and software copyright infringement cases includes discovery investigations, depositions and preparing motions. Prepared license agreements.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Pasadena, CA |
1987 to 1988 |
Designed and coded simulation of a communications system in "C." Wrote device driver for solar system radar project.
Computer Programmer Consultant |
Los Angeles, CA |
1983 to 1986 |
Wrote software for several different clients including Hughes Aircraft, Sega, Atari, Honeywell. Languages include C, assembly, PASCAL, FORTRAN, PL/1, Forth, Basic, LISP, Prolog. Designed award-winning children's educational program. Created and marketed original computer programs. Wrote firmware for a military communications system. Modified software design for remittance processing system.
Hughes-Aircraft Company |
El Segundo, CA |
1981 to 1983 |
Worked in systems integration for airborne radar and ground stations. Flight testing of radar systems. VAX 11/780 computer manager. Debugged interface cards. Digital circuit design. Integration and testing of hardware and software.
Producer of documentary videos. Footage aired on "A Current Affair" and on the evening news. Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter. Original songs performed in various Los Angeles and San Francisco clubs. Songs have received airplay and have been performed live on radio. Created websites in HTML, XML PERL and Java. Inventor on patents relating to interactive CDROM technology and Internet web browsers.
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Before entering the field of intellectual property law, Mike was a project manager and design engineer at companies including Cypress Semiconductor, Vanguard, Texas Instruments and Intel. Mike is an inventor on several semiconductor patents and continues to use his engineering skills to prepare and prosecute patents in related arts.
| B.S. | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1989 Electrical Engineering Minor in Mathematics |
| M.S. | Rice University, Houston, TX, 1993 Master of Electrical Engineering Focus in Computer Engineering |
| J.D. | Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, 2005 High Technology Law Certificate |
| 2006 | California |
Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC |
Palo Alto, CA |
2007 to Present |
Patent prosecution: prepare patent applications and office action responses.
Cypress Semiconductor |
Palo Alto, CA |
2001 to 2003 |
Prepared provisional applications, reviewed applications and office action responses, performed patent analysis projects, and supported internal patent committee process.
Lara Networks (Acquired by Cypress Semiconductor) |
San Jose, CA |
2000 to 2001 |
Led design teams in CAM-based hardware search engine development. Patents: 6,988,164; 6,845,024; and 6,954,823.
Vanguard International Semiconductor |
San Jose, CA |
1996 to 2000 |
Hands-on project management with full project responsibility: team direction, project planning, circuit design, chip planning, scheduling, simulation, layout, verification, plot-checking, tape-out, engineering debug, and revisions. 128/144Mb Direct Rambus RDRAM Project Manager (0.19um technology): Led a team of up to 20 people and executed the project on schedule. 16Mb (x8/x16) SDRAM Project Manager (0.35um technology): Led a team of up to 7 people and executed the project on schedule. Patents: 5,796,665; 5,999,477; 6,016,072; 6,018,489; 6,052,328; 6,060,873; 6,061,296; 6,208,197; 6,246,619; and 6,764,867.
Alliance Semiconductor |
San Jose, CA |
1995 to 1996 |
Synchronous Burst SRAM (32Kx32) design and project leader. Responsible for all circuit design, layout, mask-making, and test/debug support. Met all project schedules and reached production in 0.45um technology process. Patents: 5,517,137; 5,548,560; 5,550,500; 5,550,783 and 5,559,752.
Intel |
Portland, OR |
1994 to 1995 |
Microprocessor cache SRAM circuit design (P6 project, L2 cache).
Texas Instruments |
Houston, TX |
1990 to 1994 |
16Mb Synchronous DRAM design. Responsible for redundancy scheme design, row path and sensing, charge pump design for super-high internal supply, test modes, bank activate and mode register control. Patents: 5,295,101; 5,347,184; 5,386,385; 5,450,364; and 5,469,385.
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John specializes in all facets of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark litigation and prosecution, licensing and trade secrets. John has litigated dozens of patent cases. He has prepared and obtained over 1000 patent applications for his clients, including those in the areas of electrical, computer, software, semiconductor packaging and fabrication, bio-chemical, chemical (organic and inorganic), mechanical and electromechanical arts.
| B.S. | Louisiana State University, 1965 Petroleum Engineering |
| J.D. | Loyola University Law School, 1968 |
| M.S. | Louisiana State University, 1971 Petroleum Engineering, thesis in Chemical Engineering |
| M.B.A. | Rider University, 1976 |
| M.A. | University Of San Francisco, 2005 Theology |
| California |
| Louisiana |
| District of Columbia |
| U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 26,447) |
U.S. Navy |
1969 to 1971 |
Commissioned Ensign. Served as an engineering officer on a mine-sweeper, and as a Legal Officer on an Admiral's staff. Honorable discharge as a Lieutenant.
Carpenter and Kulas, LLP |
2003 |
Intellectual property attorney, Partner, specializing in all facets of intellectual property law.
de Guzman and Carpenter, LLP |
2002 to 2003 |
Intellectual property attorney, Partner , specializing in all facets of intellectual property law.
Coudert Brothers |
2000 to 2002 |
Specializing in all facets of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark litigation and prosecution, licensing and trade secrets. Preparation and prosecution of patent applications relating to the following areas: electrical, computer, software, semiconductor packaging and fabrication, chemical (organic and inorganic), mechanical and electromechanical.
Townsend Towsend and Crew, LLP |
1997 to 2000 |
Specializing in all facets of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark litigation and prosecution, licensing and trade secrets. Preparation and prosecution of patent applications relating to the following areas: electrical, computer, software, semiconductor packaging and fabrication, chemical (organic and inorganic), mechanical and electromechanical.
Carr DeFillipo & Ferrell, LLP |
1996 to 1997 |
Specializing in all facets of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark litigation and prosecution, licensing and trade secrets. Preparation and prosecution of patent applications relating to the following areas: electrical, computer, software, semiconductor packaging and fabrication, chemical (organic and inorganic), mechanical and electromechanical. Group Director of Patents and Group Director of all Trademarks for law firm.
John W. Carpenter & Associates |
1983 to 1996 |
Engaged in private practice of patent and trademark law including heavy patent litigation, and further including, but not limited to, preparation and prosecution of patent applications relating to a wide variety of chemical arts (organic and inorganic), mechanical, electromechanical and electrical arts; infringement and validity opinions; licensing; and trademarks and copyright matters.
In addition to patent practice, trial attorney in Federal Maritime/Admiralty law involving Jones Act cases, etc.
Cities Service Company |
Cranbury, New Jersey and Tulsa, Oklahoma |
1972 to 1983 |
General Patent Counsel and Vice President of Cities Service Research and Development Company |
1979 to 1983 |
Engaged in practice of patent and trademark law as it applies to the petroleum industry. Handled all legal aspects of intellectual property protection and management, including negotiating international multimillion dollar license agreements and process guaranteed agreements. Advised Cities Service Company and its subsidiaries on antitrust, franchise and trademark issues relating to the marketing of gasoline throughout the world. Rendered general corporate legal advice to Cities Service Company and its subsidiaries.
In addition, served as Assistant Secretary of Cities Service Company and General Patent Counsel of Columbian Chemicals Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cities Service Company.
Supervised six to eight attorneys and a non-legal support staff.
General Attorney |
1978 to 1979 |
Rendered legal advice regarding antitrust issues and franchise marketing agreements including those promulgated under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act. Drafted contracts relating to refineries. Handled all facets of conveyance and acquisition of real property and transactions relating to oil pipelines, including recommendation of interstate and intrastate tariffs and dividends, payable from Cities Service Pipeline Company to the parent oil company.
Represented Cities Service Pipeline Company before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding oil pipeline divestitures from oil companies and before the Louisiana Public Service Commission regarding approval of tariffs.
Handled all facets of Admiralty Law relating to Cities Service business activities.
Negotiated and drafted charter party and ship husbandry agreements, and stock transfer agreements in the acquisition of thirteen oil tankers. Merged Liberian maritime corporation into a U.S. maritime corporation. Transferred flag of Liberian flag ships to Panamanian flags. Involved in conveyance of ships in sales and demise charter party with option to buy. Directed and participated in litigation with respect to grounding of ships. Responsible for maritime arbitrations.
Served on the Board of Directors of Cities Service pipeline Company, a subsidiary of Cities Service Company.
Attorney for Chemicals Group |
1976 to 1978 |
Coordinated the safety, energy and environmental affairs for Chemical Group of Cities Service Company. Responsible for compliance with the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, PL92-500; Toxic Substances Control Act, PL94-469; Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1972, PL94-580; Clean Air Act; Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, PL92-516; and all additional laws related to the environment safety and energy. In addition, responsible for assigned projects involving general contract law.
Patent Attorney |
1972 to 1976 |
Participated in litigation relating to December 5, 1970, explosion at the Exxon Refinery in Linden, New Jersey.
As licensing attorney, negotiated agreements in buying and selling chemical and petroleum oriented technology.
As patent attorney, serviced Research and Development Department. Drafted and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications relating to Refinery, Chemical, Petroleum, Electrical and Mechanical Arts areas. Responsibilities also included infringement studies, interferences and patent law litigation.
Halliburton Company |
Dallas, TX |
Summers 1965 to 1968 |
August-December, 1971 |
Engaged in all engineering duties related to the servicing of the oil and chemical industry including offshore platforms and chemical plant activities.
Served as Operation Engineer in oil fields. Duties included installing equipment and operating oil leases.
Participated in reservoir engineering, including calculating secondary recovery problems (waterflooding, immersible gas drive, depletions drive reservoir, etc.)
Economic Planning Staff Member |
Drafted and computerized (COBOL and FORTRAN) cash flow, discount, and other related programs for contract lease operations and equipment rental. Evaluated all investments to obtain favorable return.
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Phone: 650-842-0300 Fax: 650-842-0304 |
| B.S. | University of California, Berkeley, 1975 English |
| J.D. | University of San Francisco School of Law, 1978 |
| 1978 | California |
Daniel Remer is the author of "Legal Care for Your Software", the best selling legal self help book covering software law topics (over 125,000 copies sold). He co-founded the software development corporations Island Graphics and Xippix, as well as the law firm of Remer, Remer & Dunaway. Dan has significant experience in coordinating patent prosecution and litigation, drafting, and licensing software patents.
Dan has handled the merger or acquisition of various software companies including contract negotiation, financial terms and non-compete agreements. This includes dozens of contracts overseas with Japanese, German, British, and Brazilian corporations.
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Contact Main Office 1900 Embarcadero Rd. Suite 109 Palo Alto, California 94303 |
Phone: 650-842-0300 Fax: 650-842-0304 |
Joe specializes in patent prosecution, primarily in electronics and computers. His experience covers digital circuitry, analog circuitry, semiconductor process, Flash memory, computer architecture, networking, software, databases, Internet-related applications, nanotechnology, medical devices, and mechanical arts.
Prior to his career in intellectual property law, Joe was an electrical engineer and a patent engineer at Advanced Micro Devices.
| B.S. | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1993 Electronic Engineering |
| M.S. | Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, 2000 |
| 2002 | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 52,402) |
Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC |
San Francisco, CA |
2008 to Present |
Prepare and prosecute patent applications.
Patent Agent |
San Francisco, CA |
2002 to Present |
Prepare and prosecute patent applications. Advise clients on patent strategy and patent prosecution. Perform technology due diligence including patent and technology searches.
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP |
Palo Alto, CA |
1999 to 2002 |
Prepared and prosecuted patent applications. Analyzed patents and prior art for litigation matters. Researched patent and technology licensing matters using LEXIS-NEXIS.
AMD (Technology Law Department) |
Sunnyvale, CA |
1997 to 1999 |
Prepared and prosecuted patent applications. Examined and evaluated patent portfolios and patents for technology licensing. Reviewed technology licensing, joint development, service, and software agreements. Organized patent harvesting sessions to procure invention disclosures. Conducted employee exit interviews.
AMD |
Sunnyvale, CA |
1993 to 1997 |
Worked with Bipolar and CMOS technologies at the logic, transistor, and process levels. Performed over 400 failure analyses on programmable logic devices (PLDs). Analyzed devices using various test equipment: BP programmer, Emission Microscope, Credence ATE, IDS Ebeam microprobe station, and Scanning Electron Microscope. Drafted over 300 failure analysis reports with customer and product corrective actions.
Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel |
Brussels, Belgium |
1992 |
Maintained and repaired the hotel's air conditioning units and water treatment system. Communicated orally and in writing solely in French on the job and in the community.
In addition to patent practice, trial attorney in Federal Maritime/Admiralty law involving Jones Act cases, etc.
Swissair |
Zurich, Switzerland |
1991 |
Wrote a computer program to analyze the Engineering Department's budget. Communicated orally and in writing solely in German on the job and in the community.
