Babak Tehranchi, Ph.D.
- Firmwide Co-Chair, Post-Grant Practice
- San Diego
- Los Angeles
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An accomplished inventor and engineer, Babak uses his applied technical experience to support client innovation and protect novel developments.
Dr. Babak Tehranchi’s practice has two primary areas of focus: patent prosecution and post-grant proceedings. As an experienced patent prosecutor, Babak helps clients in procuring patents in high-tech areas including wireless technologies, cloud systems, optics, artificial intelligence, digital rights management, software, electronics, and medical devices. Babak also focuses on preparing and conducting post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including inter partes review, post-grant review, and patent reexamination.
Babak has more than 10 years of industry experience as a research scientist and engineer. He has extensive experience and knowledge in image and video processing, optics and photonics, medical instrumentation and diagnosis systems, mechanical and electromechanical systems, wired and wireless communication systems, semiconductors, information security, data storage systems, and printing systems.
Babak is the inventor of 49 U.S. and international patents related to copy protection, digital watermarking, data encryption, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, optical data storage, and printing systems.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of San Diego School of Law, J.D.
- The University of Arizona, Ph.D., Optical Sciences
- The University of Arizona, M.S., Optical Sciences
- The University of Arizona, M.S., Electrical Engineering
- The University of Arizona, B.S., Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude
Bar and Court Admissions
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California
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Related Employment
- Foley & Lardner LLP, San Diego, CA, Attorney, Patent Agent and Law Clerk
- Verance Corporation, San Diego, CA, Senior Staff Engineer/Patent Agent
- Eastman Kodak R&D Laboratories, Rochester, NY, Senior Research Scientist
Additional Languages
- Farsi
Professional Recognition
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Litigation - Intellectual Property Law, 2023-2024
Recognized as a Top IPR Leader with a Success Rate of 100% in Patexia’s IPR Litigation Intelligence Report, 2021
#21 Best Performing Attorney (Representing Patent Owners), Patexia’s IPR Intelligence Report, 2021
#33 Best Performing Attorney (Representing Patent Owners and Petitioners), Patexia’s IPR Intelligence Report, 2021
