Semiconductor Patent Attorneys

Semiconductor Law Firm having Offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego

Torrey Pines Law Group's semiconductor patent attorneys and patent agents have decades of experience. Six members of our team have practiced in this field, each for more than 20 years. Significantly, a member of our team was the Vice President for Intellectual Property at Qualcomm, Inc. for ten years before entering private practice. Each of our team members have prepared and prosecuted hundreds of semiconductor patents with outstanding success.

Chambers Spotlight 2025 Torrey Pines Law Group The firm has been recognized by Chambers, the premier international legal ranking organization, as a leading California intellectual property law firm specifically focused on semiconductor patent preparation and prosecution. Torrey Pines Law Group’s inclusion as a top patent law firm underscores its exceptional capabilities in patent preparation and prosecution, IP legal opinions, intellectual property due diligence, pharmaceutical lifecycle management, litigation avoidance, IP transactions, and related business strategy for emerging semiconductor technologies. We have also been consistently selected by The Patent Lawyer magazine as one of the Top Ten West Coast IP and patent law firms.

Our team's technical expertise includes a deep understanding of semiconductor technology, and members of our team have backgrounds in physics, electrical engineering, and computer science in addition to law. We have the ability to quickly understand the nuances of your specific invention, such as EDA, memory devices, and advanced packaging.

We have experience working with a wide range of clients in the semiconductor industry, from established multi-national conglomerates to emerging startups. We therefore have the ability to tailor our approach to the specific needs and stage of development of each client. This collaborative approach, working closely with inventors and in-house legal teams, has enabled us to establish a reputation for delivering only the highest quality work product.

In addition to patent preparation and prosecution, we offer comprehensive services including IP portfolio management strategy, enforcement, including post-grant review and patent infringement litigation support, international licensing transactions, M&A, and navigating export controls.

We focus not only on obtaining granted patents, but also building high-quality, cost-effective portfolios aligned with our client goals. We take a "big picture" view, considering the entire lifecycle of a semiconductor technology and potential legal challenges. We also understand the complex geopolitical landscape and regulations impacting the industry, particularly for international clients.

Specifically, our team has focused on devices, fabrication processes, and other semiconductor-related technologies including:

Semiconductor Devices:

Transistor Designs: Specific structures or functionalities for transistors (e.g., FinFETs, Tunnel FETs).
Memory Device Designs: Novel memory types (e.g., 3D NAND, MRAM) or unique functionalities within memory devices (e.g., error correction techniques).
Integrated Circuit (IC) Designs: Layout and interconnection of components within an IC, including specific cell designs or logic arrangements.
Analog and Digital Circuit Designs: Circuits for specific purposes like signal amplification, filtering, or data conversion.
Radio Frequency (RF) Circuit Designs: Circuits for wireless communication technologies (e.g., power amplifiers, mixers).
Microfluidic Device Designs: Microfluidic circuits integrated with semiconductor devices (e.g., Lab-on-a-chip devices).
Sensor Device Designs: Semiconductor-based sensors for pressure, temperature, light, or chemical detection.

Examples of fabrication process technologies include:

Fabrication Processes:

Lithography Techniques: Processes for transferring circuit patterns onto wafers (e.g., EUV lithography, multi-patterning techniques).
Etching Techniques: Methods for removing unwanted material during fabrication (e.g., dry etching, wet etching).
Deposition Techniques: Processes for laying down thin films of material on a wafer (e.g., chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition).
Doping Techniques: Introducing impurities to control the electrical properties of semiconductors (e.g., ion implantation, diffusion).
Cleaning Techniques: Methods for removing contaminants from wafers during fabrication.
Material Processing Techniques: Treatments for modifying the properties of semiconductor materials (e.g., annealing, oxidation).

Other semiconductor-related technologies we have experience with include:

Other Semiconductor-Related Technologies:

Packaging Technologies: Methods for protecting and interconnecting semiconductor devices (e.g., Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging, Through-Silicon Vias).
Software for Designing or Simulating Semiconductor Devices: Software tools used in the development process (e.g., circuit simulation tools, layout design tools).
Test Methods: Novel ways to test and evaluate the performance of semiconductor devices.
Power Management Techniques: Methods for optimizing power consumption in semiconductor devices.

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Torrey Pines Law Group, PC serves technology innovators with protecting intellectual property, obtaining regulatory approvals and clearances, and making deals and closing technology transactions throughout the U.S., including in major technology hubs such as San Diego, San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Boulder, Orlando, the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill), the Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC), Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Ann Arbor, and throughout Southern California in Los Angeles, Orange County, Irvine, Torrey Pines, Sorrento Valley, and La Jolla.

We have experience with international intellectual property, regulatory and transactional matters pending in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou China; Tokyo, Japan; Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt Germany; Tel Aviv Israel; Mumbai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi India; London and Edinburgh United Kingdom; Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal Canada; Dublin, Ireland; Cape Town, South Africa; Mexico City and Tijuana Mexico; Brussels, Belgium; Copenhagen, Denmark; Paris, France; Madrid and Barcelona Spain; Moscow, Russia; Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong; Hanoi, Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Milan, Italy; Singapore; Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; Kiev, Ukraine; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; Prague, Czechia; Geneva and Lausanne Switzerland; Bahrain; Doha, Qatar; Abu Dhabi and Dubai UAE; and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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