Semiconductor devices are fundamental for modern electronic devices. Improvements in integrated circuits and the technologies for designing and fabricating them are certain to continue to drive the international economy.
Kolisch Hartwell has an active practice in the semiconductor technologies. Our offices in Portland, Oregon and Palo Alto, California have proven convenient for clients in the Silicon Forest, the Silicon Valley, and around the Pacific Rim. Our attorneys and agents who practice in this area typically have an undergraduate or advanced degree in electrical or electronic engineering, chemistry or chemical engineering, or a related science, as well as extensive legal experience in protecting these and related technologies.
As shown in our portfolio, our clients have entrusted us to seek or defend IP rights in diverse areas including:
- Apparatus and methods for producing and testing silicon crystal wafers and other semiconductor substrates
- Etching and deposition process technologies
- Inspection and test equipment for wafers and integrated circuits
- Layered structures in semiconductors
- Semiconductor and hybrid circuit design and manufacturing
- Semiconductor circuit packaging
- Wafer polishing, cleaning, and testing.
Kolisch Hartwell offers the full spectrum of IP legal services for the semiconductor design and fabrication industry. We can help you get ahead by conducting state-of-the-art or right-to-manufacture searches for your new circuit, fabrication, or testing technologies or other innovations. We can prepare and prosecute your patent application in the U.S. or abroad. If necessary, we can assert or enforce your IP rights, so that you can protect your markets and technologies.