Masako Ando
mando@beyerlaw.com
Ms. Ando’s intellectual property practice mainly focuses on patent preparation and prosecution. She also handles patent non-infringement and invalidity opinions, and due diligence analysis. Ms. Ando’s technical expertise includes a range of technical fields including computer technologies, electronics, semiconductor device fabrication, telecommunications and network technologies, digital and analog signal processing, integrated circuit design and verification, and optical storage devices.
Ms. Ando’s education includes an Undergraduate Degree (B.S. in Physics) from the University of Tsukuba, Japan; a Graduate Degree (M.S. in Nuclear Physics) from the University of Tsukuba, Japan; and a Law Degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center.
Prior to joining Beyer Law Group LLP, Ms. Ando was an associate with Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP. She is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is a member of the State Bar of California.
Ms. Ando also assists Japanese companies and start-ups to obtain intellectual property rights in the United States and worldwide.
In her free time, Masako is an amateur photographer taking mainly B/W pictures of landscapes. She enjoys annual photo field trips to the Eastern Sierra and White Mountains as well as optional off-road driving.
Ms. Ando is fluent in Japanese (native) and Korean (conversational).
Undergraduate Degree:
B.S. in Physics; University of Tsukuba, Japan
Graduate Degree:
M.S. in Nuclear Physics; University of Tsukuba,Japan
Law Degree:
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Patents Ms. Ando has worked on:
- PCT/US2008/076414 Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.
- PROCESS FOR SUB-MICROSECOND TIME TRANSFER USING WEAK GPS/GNSS SIGNALS
- PCT/US2009/035627 Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.
- PORTABLE GOLF NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING GOLF PLAYER USING THE SAME
- PCT/IB2009/000179 Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUISITION, TRACKING, AND SUB- MICROSECOND TIME TRANSFER USING WEAK GPS/GNSS SIGNALS
- PCT/US2008/086613 Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.
- LOW COST, HIGH PERFORMANCE GPS.GNSS RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE
- Title: Associate
Phone: 650.842.1300
Fax: 650.842.1301
Expertise: - Electhronics & Telecommunications
- Semiconductor Technologies
- Asbeyer@beyerlaw.comdditional Expertise
Steve D Beyer
sbeyer@beyerlaw.com
Mr. Beyer practices intellectual property law with a significant emphasis on emerging technologies and companies. His extensive experience includes client counseling on intellectual property matters; expert opinions concerning patent matters; intellectual property audits and due diligence reviews; the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, and handling trademark matters. Representative technologies handled by Mr. Beyer include computer software; semiconductor technologies; medical devices; networking technologies; mechanical equipment; and telecommunications.
Mr. Beyer began his career in the patent field as an Examiner in the United States Patent Office while he attended law school.
He is a member of the U.S. Patent Bar and a member of both the California and Colorado State Bars.
Undergraduate Degree:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering; University of Arizona
Graduate Degree:
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering; Stanford University
Law Degree:
- George Washington University School of Law
Title: Partner
Phone: 650.842.1300
Fax: 650.842.1301
Expertise:
- Computer Technologies
- Electronics & Telecommunications
- Semiconductor Technologies
- Mechanical & Medical Devices
- Additional Expertise
Tina Chen
tchen@beyerlaw.com
Ms. Chen’s practice focuses primarily on patent procurement and enforcement. She also handles patent non-infringement and invalidity opinions, technology transactions, licensing, and due diligence analysis. Representative technologies handled by Ms. Chen include medical devices and procedures, mechanical equipment, computer technologies, and semiconductor technologies.
Ms. Chen’s education includes an Undergraduate Degree (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Law Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Prior to joining Beyer Law Group, Ms. Chen was an associate at Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear and at Latham & Watkins. She is a member of the State Bar of California and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ms. Chen is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese (conversational).
Undergraduate Degree:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Law Degree:
- Law Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Patents Ms. Chen has worked on:
- 7,604,673 UltraCell Corporation
- ANNULAR FUEL PROCESSOR AND METHODS
- 7,650,007 Apple Inc.
- LANYARD FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE
- 7,649,744 Apple Inc.
- HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE
Title: Associate
Phone: 650.842.1300
Fax: 650.842.1301
Expertise:
Mechanical & Medical Devices
Michael Lee
mlee@beyerlaw.com
Mr. Lee’s practice is focused primarily on the procurement of both patents and trademarks with an emphasis on software, mechanical, electromechanical, and electronic arts and in advising start-ups regarding Intellectual property matters. Representative technologies handled by Mr. Lee in patent matters include digital devices, semiconductors, software, advanced physics and mathematical related technologies and networking technologies. He also has experience in other in-house counsel issues such as confidentiality agreements and licenses.
Prior to joining Beyer Law Group, Mr. Lee was an in-house patent counsel for the University of California at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, where Mr. Lee supported plasma fusion, free-electron laser, and Electrical and mechanical engineering groups. Mr. Lee was also an in-house patent counsel for FMC Corporation, where Mr. Lee was involved in government contracts working with the DFARs, confidentiality agreements and licenses.
Mr. Lee’s largest clients are Lam Research Corp. involving semiconductor processing and Stanford University, doing work with magnetic resonance imaging and computer tomography..
Mr. Lee is a member of the U.S. Patent Bar, and is a member of the California State Bar.
Undergraduate Degree:
- B.A. in Mathematics and Physics; University of California at Davis
Law Degree:
- University of California Davis School of Law
Patents Mr. Lee has worked on:
- 4,851,183 United States Department of Energy
- UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR POWER STATION USING SELF-REGULATING HEAT-PIPE CONTROLLED REACTORS
- 4,891,255 United States Department of Energy
- (110) ORIENTED SILICON WAFER LATCH ACCELEROMETER AND PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME
- 4,899,084 United States Department of Energy
- PARTICLE ACCELERATOR EMPLOYING TRANSIENT SPACE SHARGE POTENTIALS
- 4,988,619 United States Department of Energy
- FLOW CYTOMETRY APPARATUS
- 5,259,475 FMC Corporation
- FRONT WHEEL AND FRONT AND REAR WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM
- 5,307,279 FMC Corporation
- SELF DIAGNOSTIC WHEEL BALANCER
- 5,314,071 FMC Corporation
- GLASS SORTER
- 5,685,216 FMC Corporation
- CONTUNUOUS VESSEL DEFLECTION MONITOR DEVICE
- 5,685,733 Krone Aktiengesellschaft
- INSULATION DISPLACEMENT CONTACT
- 6,950,215 Calient Networks
- MENTHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OPTICAL SWITCHES
- 7,409,033 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION FOR X-RAY CONE-BAME SCAN DATA
- 7,455,748 Lam Research Corporation
- MAGNETIC ENHANCEMENT FOR MECHANICAL CONFINEMENT OF PLASMA
- 7,470,627 Lam Research Corporation
- WAFER AREA PRESSURE CONTROL FOR PLASMA CONFINEMENT
Title: Partner
Phone: 650.842.1300
Fax: 650.842.1301
Expertise:
- Semiconductor Technologies
- Electronics & Telecommunications
- Mechanical & Medical Devices
- Computer Technologies
Michael L. Louie
m.louie@beyerlaw.com
Prior to joining Beyer Law Group LLP, Mr. Louie was in-house patent counsel for Heartport, Inc. and practiced intellectual property law with the law firm of Flehr, Hohbach, Test, Albritton & Herbert. Before entering law school, Mr. Louie worked at the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company as a mechanical engineer. There, he gained extensive experience in the mass property and vibration fields.
Prior to joining Beyer Law Group LLP, Mr. Louie was in-house patent counsel for Heartport, Inc. and practiced intellectual property law with the law firm of Flehr, Hohbach, Test, Albritton & Herbert. Before entering law school, Mr. Louie worked at the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company as a mechanical engineer. There, he gained extensive experience in the mass property and vibration fields.
While at Santa Clara University, he was a member of the Editor Board of the “Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal”. He is a member of the California State Bar, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Undergraduate Degree:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering; University of California at Berkeley
Law Degree:
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Title: Of Counsel
Phone: 650.842.1300
Fax: 650.842.1301
Expertise: - Mechanical & Medical Devices
- Semiconductor Technologies
- Additional Expertise
Christopher L. Ogden
cogden@beyerlaw.com
Chris Ogden is a patent attorney with over 14 years of experience in patent preparation and prosecution, portfolio management, and strategic patent counseling. He focuses on patent-related issues and proceedings relating to software, hardware, semiconductors, materials, consumer electronic devices, medical devices and products, and chemicals. He has worked as a research engineer and has significant practical experience in engineering and software development. In addition, he has substantial experience as a patent litigator, and understands how patent prosecution issues play out in federal courts.
Undergraduate Degree:
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University
Graduate Work:
- Studying for M.S. in Computer Science, The Georgia Institute of Technology
Law Degree:
- J.D. With Honors, The George Washington University Law School
Publications
- Paul R. Kitch, Jason T. Kunze, Mary S. Webster, & Christopher L. Ogden, Eeny, Meeny, Miny, MOVE!—Taking the Guess Work Out of Selecting From the Plethora of Accelerated Patent Prosecution Options, 82 Pat. Trademark & Copyright J. (BNA) 309 (2011).
- Christopher L. Ogden, Patentability of Algorithms after State Street Bank: The Death of the Physicality Requirement, 83 J. Patent & Trademark Off. Soc’y 491 (2001).
Title: Associate
Phone: 650.842.1353
Fax: 650.842.1301
Expertise:
- Electronics & Telecommunications
- Semiconductor Technologies
- Computer Technologies
Jonathan O. Scott
jscott@beyerlaw.com
Mr. Scott assists individuals, emerging companies and large corporations in obtaining patent protection for their ideas and in managing their patent portfolios in the U.S. and abroad. He has experience in counseling clients on devising a patent strategy to protect important technology, developing a patent program in-house, responding to charges of patent infringement, asserting patent rights, and evaluating technology and patents held by others. He also advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property including trade secret, copyright, trademark and licensing issues in order to form a comprehensive strategy.
To assist companies in asserting their patent rights and in evaluating patents, Mr. Scott has developed considerable expertise in providing written and oral opinions concerning the infringement, validity and enforceability of U.S. patents. He has experience in performing sophisticated prior art and patent searching in the U.S. and abroad for rendering these opinions, for product clearance studies, and for gathering defensive prior art.
He has prepared patent applications and evaluated patents in a wide range of disciplines including financial and payment systems, smart cards, Internet technologies, image compression, cryptography, digital and analog electronics, telecommunications, computer architecture, real-time control systems, semiconductor processing and measurement, lasers and a variety of mechanical devices.
Mr. Scott has been a registered U.S. patent attorney and member of the State Bar of California since 1995, and is also a member of the State Bar of Minnesota. He has worked as a software engineer and instructor for Teknowledge, Inc., and as a semiconductor test engineer for Megatest Corporation.
Undergraduate Degree:
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; University of California at Davis
Law Degree:
- University of San Francisco School of Law
Title: Of Counsel
Phone: 612.924.6494
Fax: 612.924.6499
Expertise:
- Electronics & Telecommunications
- Mechanical & Medical Devices
- Semiconductor Technologies
- Additional Expertise
Edward Van Gieson, Ph.D.
evangieson@beyerlaw.com
Dr. Van Gieson counsels clients on patent portfolio development and enforcement. He has over sixteen years of experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the United States Patent & Trademark Office, developing national and worldwide patent portfolio strategies, conducting intellectual property due diligence investigations, patent reexaminations and reissues, patent appeals, and providing patent opinions. He has extensive experience in analyzing patent portfolios for licensing and acquisition transactions. He has also extensive patent litigation experience in his background, which he uses to advise clients in developing patent portfolios.
Dr. Van Gieson’s technical background prior to becoming a patent lawyer includes a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and years of experience working in top engineering research centers, including IBM and the David Sarnoff Research Center. He has counseled clients in intellectual property matters in a wide variety of technologies. Representative technologies include mechanical devices, medical devices, games and toys, energy saving technologies, lighting technology, nanotechnology, integrated circuit design, computer software, e-commerce, semiconductors, opto-electronics, graphics technology, telecommunications, signal processing, and network technologies.
Prior to joining Beyer Law Group, Dr. Van Gieson was a partner with Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP. Dr. Van Gieson is a member of the State Bar of California. He is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Undergraduate Degree:
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering; University of Southern California
Graduate Degree:
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering; Cornell University
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering; Cornell University
Law Degree:
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Recent Publications:
- Edward Van Gieson, A Strategy For Dealing with CLS Bank, Law360, Portfolio Media, Inc., (May 30, 2013)
- Edward Van Gieson, Practical Patent Portfolio Strategies for the America Invents Act, pp. 31-36, Intellectual Asset Management (February 2012)
- Edward Van Gieson, Divided Patent Infringement and Patent Valuation, pp.77-83, Intellectual Asset Management (May 2011)
- Edward Van Gieson & Paul Stellman,Killing Good Patents To Wipe Out Bad Patents, Bilski, the Evolution of Patentable Subject Matter Rules, and the Inability To Save Valuable Patents Using the Reissue Statute, Vol. 27, No. 2, Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal (March 2011)
- Edward Van Gieson, Tech Process Claims Post-Bilski: RCT v. Microsoft, Law360, Portfolio Media, Inc., (February 1, 2011)
- Edward Van Gieson, Divide and Prosper? Recent Trends in Divided IP Infringement, Law360, Portfolio Media, Inc., (December 1, 2010)
- Edward Van Gieson, Patent Validity Opinions In Light Of Bilski, Ultramercial, Law360, Portfolio Media, Inc., (September 22, 2010)
- Edward Van Gieson, Bilski and the Case for IP Audits, pp. 64-70, Intellectual Asset Management (September 2010)
- Edward Van Gieson & Paul Stellman,Navigating the Confusing Terrain of Broadening Reissue, Intellectual Property Strategist (August 2010)
- Edward Van Gieson, Vanderbilt v. ICOS and Proving Joint Inventorship, Law360, Portfolio Media, Inc. (June 23, 2010)
Example Patents Dr. Van Gieson has worked on:
- 6,308,596 Elden Williams
- HAND WRENCH TORQUE ENHANCING DEVICE
- 6,137,068 Astec International Limited
- COMBINED HANDLE-GUARD AND GRIP FOR PLUG-IN CIRCUIT BREAKERS
- 6,630,851 Fujitsu Limited
- LOW LATENCY CLOCK DISTRIBUTION
- 6,168,972 Fujitsu Limited:
- FLIP CHIP PRE-ASSEMBLY UNDERFILL PROCESS
- 6,090,214 Fujitsu Limited
- CLEANING METHOD USING AMMONIUM PERSULPHATE TO REMOVE SLURRY PARTICLES FROM CMP SUBSTRATES
- 6,424,335 Fujitsu Limited
- NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH DETACHABLE INFRARED MULTI-MODE INPUT DEVICE
- 6,525,354 Fujitsu Limited
- FET CIRCUIT BLOCK WITH REDUCED SELF-HEATING
- 6,782,021 Zia Lasers
- QUANTUM DOT VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER
- 7,296,897 Novalux, Inc.
- PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD
- 7,523,264 Nvidia Corporation
- APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DEPENDANT COMPUTATIONS OF STREAMING MULTIPROCESSORS
- 7,584,475 Nvidia Corporation
- MANAGING A VIDEO ENCODER TO FACILITATE LOADING AND EXECUTING ANOTHER PROGRAM
- 7,593,543 Nvidia Corporation
- APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TRACING DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO CONTENT WITHIN VIDEO WATERMARKS
- 7,296,897 Novalux, Inc.
- PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD
- 7,523,264 Nvidia Coporation
- APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DEPENDANT COMPUTATIONS OF STREAMING MULTIPROCESSORS
- 7,584,475 Nvidia Coporation
- MANAGING A VIDEO ENCODER TO FACILITATE LOADING AND EXECUTING ANOTHER PROGRAM
- 7,593,543 Nvidia Coporation
- APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TRACING DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO CONTENT WITHIN VIDEO WATERMARKS.
Title: Of Counsel
Phone: 650.842.1300
Fax: 650.842.1301
Expertise:
- Computer Technologies
- Electronics & Telecommunications
- Semiconductor Technologies
- Additional Expertise
Eric J. Yoon
eyoon@beyerlaw.com
Mr. Yoon has provided advice on patent and intellectual property law to individual inventors, startup companies and large corporations. He has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of fields, including semiconductor technologies, renewable energy, networking technologies, mechanical devices, computer software and medical devices.
Mr. Yoon received undergraduate degrees from Stanford (B.A. in International Relations) and the University of California at Berkeley (B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.) He received a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Prior to joining Beyer Law Group, Mr. Yoon worked in product development at an Internet startup company in San Francisco and as an attorney at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he obtained experience in corporate law and commercial contracts.
Mr. Yoon is a member of the U.S. Patent Bar and a member of the California State Bar.
He enjoys traveling, learning languages, and has lived for several years in Korea and Germany. In his free time, he likes to cook, draw comics and play computer games.
Undergraduate Degree:
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; University of California at Berkeley
- B.A. in International Relations; Stanford University
Law Degree:
- Yale Law School
Title: Associate
Phone: 650.842.1300
Fax: 650.842.1301
Expertise:
- Computer Technologies
- Electronics & Telecommunications