JOHN P. O'BANION, J.D., P.E., B.S.E.E. (Managing Partner) (click HERE for more information)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® rated. Northern California Super Lawyers®
Education:
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of California, Davis; Juris Doctor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.
Licenses:
California Bar; District of Columbia Bar; United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registered Patent Attorney - Registration No. 33,201; Registered Professional Engineer.
Practice:
Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secret Protection, Registration, Prosecution, and Enforcement; Licensing; Technology Transfer; Litigation Support; Mediation; Arbitration.
Technology:
Electrical Engineering (computer science and physical science); software and computer system architecture and engineering; machine vision; information theory; distributed computing; "big data" analysis; information theory and perceptual computing; semiconductor, thick film and thin film device fabrication; nanotechnology; analog and digital communication; networking; analog and digital circuits; signal processing; data acquisition; image and video processing; speech recognition; natural language processing; microcontrollers; robotics; power systems and devices; computational imaging; sensors and actuators; wearable devices; medical devices and treatment.
Affiliations:
State Bar of California (Intellectual Property Section; Executive Committee, Member 1996-2001, Program Chair 1998-1999, Vice Chair 1999-2000, Chair 2000-2001; Council of State Bar Sections, Section Representative 2001-2002, Vice-Chair, 2002-2003, Chair 2003-2004; Board of Governors Task Force, Member 2003-2004); Sacramento County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Sacramento Intellectual Property Law Association (Chief Financial Officer and Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1997); American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Former Special Deputy Attorney General, North Dakota (intellectual property)
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JAMES M. RITCHEY, J.D., Ph.D. (Partner)
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Education:
University of Redlands, B.S., 1969; Northwestern University, M.S., 1971; Northwestern University, Ph.D. (biochemistry), 1974; University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1985; National Institutes of Health Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 1975-1977.
Licenses:
California Bar; United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registered Patent Attorney - Registration No. 32,594.
Practice:
Patent Prosecution.
Technology:
Chemistry; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology.
Affiliations:
State Bar of California (Member: Intellectual Property Section); Sacramento County and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations; San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Chemical Society.
Professor of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento, 1977-present; Adjunct Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law, 1985-2005.
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STEVEN L. SMITH, J.D., B.S.M.B. (Associate)
Education:
B.S. Molecular Biology, University of Utah; Juris Doctor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.
Licenses:
California Bar; United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registered Patent Attorney - Registration No. 44,343.
Practice:
Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secret Protection, Registration, Prosecution, and Enforcement; Licensing; Technology Transfer; Litigation Support; Mediation; Arbitration.
Technology:
Chemistry; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; Medical Imaging and Processing.
Affiliations:
State Bar of California (Member: Intellectual Property Section); Sacramento County and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations.
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RODGER H. RAST, B.S.E.E. (Patent Agent)
Education:
B.S. Electrical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University.
Licenses:
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registered Patent Agent - Registration No. 45,853.
Practice:
Patent Prosecution.
Technology:
Electrical Engineering (computer science and physical science); software and computer system architecture and engineering; machine vision; information theory; distributed computing; "big data" analysis; information theory and perceptual computing; semiconductor, thick film and thin film device fabrication; nanotechnology; analog and digital communication; networking; analog and digital circuits; signal processing; data acquisition; image and video processing; speech recognition; natural language processing; microcontrollers; robotics.
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LINDA M. CLINKENBEARD (Patent Administrator)
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