Jeff is a patent attorney with experience in a wide range of complex technologies, including communications, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence, automotive systems, clean tech, and medical devices. His practice includes prosecuting patent applications at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), serving as litigation counsel in district courts, and representing clients in post‑grant proceedings, including ex parte reexaminations and inter partes reviews at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Drawing on deep experience across litigation and post-grant practice, Jeff helps clients obtain high-value, litigation-ready patents that can withstand validity challenges while preserving commercially meaningful scope. He similarly leverages prosecution insight to shape successful legal and technical strategies in district court and post-grant proceedings.
In addition to litigation and prosecution, Jeff provides legal opinions related to patent, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, and copyright issues, and counsels clients on licensing and transactions.
Before his legal career, Jeff held engineering, management, and consulting positions in the telecommunications industry at Nortel Networks, Corvis Corporation, and the U.S. Department of Defense, working on optical networks and communications technologies.