Bridging Intellectual Property Rights
and
Microelectronics Technology
Science, Technology, and Innovation
Milad Shara
Founder and Managing Director
About Wheatstone IP Law Corporation (“Wheatstone”)
Wheatstone supports in-house legal departments to resolve challenging demands at high tech companies – we add depth to their legal resources, with patent counsel and principal IP technologists who are highly proficient in microelectronics technologies and can seamlessly augment in-house staff in handling complex IP tasks.
We serve clients in the microelectronics industry to capture, investigate, and defend their intellectual property and technology rights. Our team members have deeply rooted industry backgrounds in materials fabrication and processing, electronic device designs, integrated system applications, and the supply chains that interconnect these microelectronics technologies.
Wheatstone is committed to quality and client services. We combine our intellectual property and microelectronics industry experience to understand our clients’ business demands and provide IP legal services driven by strategies to help achieve their business goals.
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WSIPL Microelectronic & IP Legal Service Knowledge Bases - Integrated for Handling Complex IP Tasks Worldwide
- ► Draft & prosecute patent applications to support client business strategies, roadmaps, and operations worldwide.
- ► Investigate incoming and outbound patent assertions to identify strengths, risks, and opportunities for licensing matters.
- ► Provide project-based services for supporting litigation management of high stakes, complex technology rights disputes.
- ► Perform due diligence of IP & technology rights, risks, and integration compliance in business operations and M&A transactions.
Ph.D Principal IP Technologists Electrical, Computer, Engineering & Materials
Engineering Undergraduate & Doctoral Studies
MIT, Stanford, Cornell
University of California Santa Barbara,
Carnegie-Mellon University
Chief IP & Technology Law Counsel
Fortune 100 Tech Company - two decades
Global Patent & Trademark Prosecution,
Licensing, Investigations, and Litigation
Technology Transactions, Merger & Acquisition Deals, and Technology Rights Due Diligence
High Stakes Technology IP Rights in
Vertical and Virtual Integration Supply Chains
Supporting Business, Technology & Product Design Freedom, Differentiation & Leadership for Competitive Advantages in Time to Market, Range of Markets, Number of Products
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Industries We Serve
Our microelectronics experience positions the firm to serve multinational technology companies across the full industry range of materials fabrication & processing, electronic device designs, and integrated system applications.
Materials Fabrication
Device Architecture ● Process Flow Integration ● Materials ● Plasma Processing ● Thin Film Deposition ● Lithography ● Etching & Stripping ● Epitaxial Growth ● Plasma Cleaning ● Wet Chemical Processing ● Vacuum Tech ● Metrology & Characterization ● Assembly & Testing
Wheatstone’s advanced microelectronics expertise in the materials fabrication and processing industry includes pure foundries, integrated device manufacturers, and fabless companies that design semiconductor devices for integrated systems.
Electronic Devices
Thin Film Transistors ● Memory ●
Processors ● Controllers ● SoCs ● MEMS
● Sensors ● Transducers ● Transistors & Diodes ● Power Devices ● Analog & Mixed Signal Devices ● RF & Microwave Devices
● Electronic Displays ● LEDs & Lasers ●
Optoelectronics & Photonics
Wheatstone’s advanced microelectronics expertise in the electronic device designs industry includes semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers / foundries in the field of materials processes & fabrication for electronic devices.
Systems Integration
Magnetic, Semiconductor, and Quantum Memory Systems ● SSD Storage ● Automotive ● Smart Homes ● Wearables ● Gaming ● Audio ● AR / VR ● Industrial ● Aviation ● Medical ● Aerospace ● Connectivity & Networking ● Fiber Optic Modules ● Security ● Machine Learning & AI
Wheatstone’s advanced microelectronics expertise in the integrated systems applications industry includes fabless semiconductor companies and integrated device manufacturers that design integrated microelectronic systems.
Our Services
Wheatstone’s IP legal services are driven by our microelectronics industry and intellectual property experience to help in-house counsel meet corporate resource demands for intellectual property protection, assertions, and transaction due diligence.
Global Patent Family and Portfolio Development ● U.S. and Foreign Patent Application Drafting, Filing, & Prosecution ● Competitive IP Landscape Gaps & Opportunities ● Invention Mining ● Prior Art Searches ● Patentability Scope ● Trade Secret Protection
Defensive & Offensive Patent Licensing ● Pre-Trial Patent Investigations ● Early Case Assessments ● Post-Grant Patent Invalidity Petitions ● Patent Infringement and Invalidity Claim Charts ● Reverse Engineering Analysis ● Virtual Patent Marking ● Patent Monetization
Due Diligence for IP Legal Rights, Risk Exposure, and Compliance:
● Technology Collaboration & Development ● Vendor Component & Equipment Supply ● Customer Product Sale ● Patent & Brand Licensing ● Mergers & Acquisitions
Our Services
Wheatstone’s IP legal services are driven by our microelectronics industry and intellectual property experience to help in-house counsel meet corporate resource demands for intellectual property protection, assertions, and transaction due diligence.
Intellectual Property
Protection
Global Patent Family and Portfolio Development ● U.S. and Foreign Patent Application Drafting, Filing, & Prosecution ● Competitive IP Landscape Gaps & Opportunities ● Invention Mining ● Prior Art Searches ● Patentability Scope ● Trade Secret Protection
Intellectual Property
Assertions
Defensive & Offensive Patent Licensing ● Pre-Trial Patent Investigations ● Early Case Assessments ● Post-Grant Patent Invalidity Petitions ● Patent Infringement and Invalidity Claim Charts ● Reverse Engineering Analysis ● Virtual Patent Marking ● Patent Monetization
Intellectual Property
Transactions
Due Diligence for IP Legal Rights, Risk Exposure, and Compliance:
● Technology Collaboration & Development ● Vendor Component & Equipment Supply ● Customer Product Sale ● Patent & Brand Licensing ● Mergers & Acquisitions
The Wheatstone Team
Our team’s demonstrated technical, commercial, and intellectual property experience is combined to provide intellectual property legal services across the entire supply chain of materials fabrication & processing, electronic device designs, and integrated system applications.
Wheatstone’s principal IP technologists are adept at translating complex microelectronics technologies which anchors their collaboration with our patent counsel for providing the Wheatstone IP legal services. Together with our senior patent paralegal having worldwide patent protection experience, our team can help expand your resources for global IP value creation, assertions, and investigations.
WSIPL’s Principal IP Technologists are adept at translating complex microelectronics technologies which anchors their collaboration with our Patent Counsel for providing the Wheatstone IP legal services. Together with our Sr. Patent Paralegal having worldwide patent protection experience, our team can help expand your resources for global IP value creation, assertions, and investigations.
Team
Our team’s demonstrated technical, commercial, and intellectual property experience is combined to provide intellectual property legal services across the supply chain of materials fabrication & processing, electronic device designs, and integrated system applications.
WSIPL’s Principal IP Technologists are a cornerstone of translating complex microelectronics technologies which anchors their collaboration with our Patent Counsel for providing the Wheatstone IP legal services. Together with our Sr. Patent Paralegal having worldwide patent protection experience, our team can help expand your resources for global IP value creation, assertions, and investigations.
Bridging Intellectual Property Rights and Microelectronics Technology
Science, Technology, and Innovation
