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Experience
Patent & IP Diligence Counsel
Medtronic
Provided patent preparation, prosecution, counseling, strategic patent due diligence and opinions for the world's largest standalone medical device company in fields of renal denervation, heart valves and neurovascular devices.
Twelve
Represented the heart valve company in patent preparation, prosecution and strategic counseling. Served as IP counsel for financing rounds and in Medtronic’s $458 million acquisition of Twelve in 2015.
Altura Medical
Advised on the patent preparation, prosecution and strategic counseling for the endovascular aneurysm repair device company in its acquisition by Lombard Medical for $50.5 million in 2015.
Reshape Medical, Inc.
Advised on patent preparation, prosecution and strategic counseling for the FDA-approved intragastric balloon company and served as IP counsel during numerous financing rounds.
Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc.
Provided patent preparation and prosecution counsel in wireless implantable transducers for guiding surgery, radiation and other treatments. Served as company IP counsel before and after 2011 acquisition by Varian Medical Systems.
Micron Technology Inc.
Represented and advised company in its patent portfolio planning, development and counseling, including patent preparation and prosecution in the fields of semiconductor packaging, chemical-mechanical polishing, photolithography, vapor deposition and other wafer processing technologies.
Coinstar, LLC (Formerly Outerwall Inc.)
Provided strategic counselling, development and management of U.S. and foreign patent portfolios for Coinstar and other Outerwall lines of business. Counsel also included providing competitive analysis and IP diligence on acquisitions.
Amsafe
Prepared and prosecuted patent applications on aircraft airbag systems and vehicle occupant restraint systems, as well as provided clearance opinions and advice regarding freedom to operate for the world’s leading provider of safety restraint products for the aerospace, defense, specialty and vehicle industries.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisitions by Microsoft Corporation
- Represented Microsoft in its acquisition of Semantic Machines.
- Represented Microsoft in its acquisition of Bonsai AI, Inc.
- Represented Microsoft in its acquisition of Avere Systems.
