Electrical Engineering Consultant: Semiconductors, Solar Cells, Electronics and Intellectual Property

Expertise

• Patents and intellectual property.
• Display technology.
• Semiconductor packaging and assembly.
• Semiconductor wafer processing.
• Semiconductor capital equipment.
• Solar cell technology.
• Electronics packaging.
• Flat panel display technology.
• Electronic assembly.
• Medical electronics.
• Mechanical devices and business methods.

Expert Witness Experience

Serving cases as an expert witness

• Involving: semiconductor patents.
• Semiconductor processing patents and semiconductor material manufacturing.
• LCD manufacturing patent case.
• Electronics manufacturing litigation in a contract dispute.
• Semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer in patent infringement litigation.

Testifying and deposition cases

• Electronics used in heavy truck scales/patent infringement.
• Semiconductor materials; contract terms.
• LCD market and distribution chain-civil case.

Consulting Expert

• LCD manufacturing; patent infringement, completed documents submitted to attorneys.
• Filing and prosecuting numerous patents in the mechanical, electrical and business methods fields.
• Currently working on major licensing project for semiconductor technology including wafer fabrication and device assembly, client is a European based semiconductor manufacturer and other party; another semiconductor manufacturer is based in the U.S.
• Evaluated several IP portfolios, identified best IP, and established license opportunities, assisted in determining potential infringement.
• Case involving LCD construction details.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Founder and President, 1986 - Present

• A strategic technology consulting firm serving expertise in the areas of: Semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor equipment, display technology, patents and patent infringement, electronic assembly, medical electronics, mechanical devices and solar cells semiconductor equipment.
• Filing and prosecuting numerous patents in the mechanical, electrical and business methods fields.
• Provided licensing for a major project in semiconductor technology including wafer fabrication and device assembly.
• Evaluated several IP portfolios, identified best IP, and established license opportunities, assisted in determining potential infringement.
• Taught numerous seminars for both technical and nontechnical groups in electronics technology.
• Resolved several intellectual property issues for semiconductor technology.
• Served as expert witness in case involving: semiconductor packaging for outside environments.
• Expert witness in cases involving semiconductor patents, LCD construction patents, LCD construction details, electronics manufacturing litigation, semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer in patent infringement litigation, and silicon material preparation technology.
• Contributing editor for "Chip Scale Review" magazine profiling patents and technology of interest to advanced semiconductor packaging.

U.S. Patent Agent, 2000 - Present

• Filing and prosecuting numerous patents in the mechanical, electrical and business methods fields.
• Evaluated several IP portfolios, identified best IP, and established license opportunities.
• Currently involved in several licensing negotiations.
• Actively working on merger candidates for major investors.

Other positions in the High Technology Industry

• Medtronic, 1984 - 1986
• General Semiconductor, 1982 - 1984
• Arizona State University, Adjunct Faculty, 1982 - 1983
• Spire Corporation, 1981 - 1982
• Raytheon, 1979 - 1982
• Martin-Marietta, 1977 - 1982
• Motorola, 1967 - 1977
• National Semiconductor, 1967
• Bendix Semiconductor, 1965 - 1967

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Completed mediation training, Arizona State Attorney General's office.
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Publications

• Contributing editor for "Chip Scale Review" magazine profiling patents and technology of interest to advanced semiconductor packaging.

Four technical books published:

• Workmanship Standards
• Hybrid Circuits
• MCM Devices
• Flat Panel Displays
• Four U.S. Patents issued and three pending.

Patents

• Invented numerous products in consumer arts and crafts, book formats and solar window screens, (patents pending for these products).
• Four U.S. Patents issued
• Three pending

Education

• B.S.E.E. Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY