HAUPTMAN HAM - Key Persons
Adam Langley is the Resident US Attorney in the Tokyo office at Hauptman Ham, LLP. Mr. Langley has been working in Japan since 2012, and joined Hauptman Ham at the beginning of 2021. Since joining Hauptman Ham, Mr. Langley has provided an interface for clients in Japan who desire real-time discussion and non-electronic disclosures.
Mr. Langley received a Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law with a certificate of completion of the Intellectual Property Track in 2007, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri in 2003. Mr. Langley is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is a registered patent attorney of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Langley is also a registered Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi with the Tokyo Bar Association.
Mr. Hauptman is the Senior Managing and Founding Partner at Hauptman Ham, LLP since it's inception in 1996. Mr. Hauptman has practiced since 1980 in the fields of patent and trademark matters, including preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the complex mechanical and electrical arts, and in counseling clients in all aspects of intellectual property protection, including enforcement and infringement of intellectual property rights. Mr. Hauptman has been a Professor of Law at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, India. Mr. Hauptman holds a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (1975) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After practicing as an engineer for several years, he earned a Juris Doctor Degree (1980) from the Franklin Pierce Law Center. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and before the U.S. Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Job Titles:
- Engineer for the Firm
- Patent Agent
Ms. Yang serves as a Patent Engineer for the Firm. Her practice is primarily directed to preparing and prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and foreign clients in the field of mechanical and electrical arts. She holds a Master of Intellectual Property (MIP) Degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, USA and has received a Bachelor of Science degree in Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China.
Ms. Yang worked on patent-related matters and trademark applications for an Intellectual Property law firm in Beijing, China before joining the Firm.
Intellectual property owners, inventors and investors need an attorney who can understand and translate their technology as property, within the world and marketplace. With more than 30 years writing patents, Mr. David Cain is that attorney. He is particularly gifted at helping his clients understand the patent process.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Cain was a cryptography primary examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Just prior to joining Hauptman Ham, LLP, he was the General Patent Counsel for a private medical devices manufacturing company. He specializes in cryptography and neuroscience.
Mr. Cain earned a Juris Doctor from Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics with a specialty in electromechanical control systems from the University of Kansas School of Engineering in Lawrence, Kansas.
Mr. Cain is licensed to practice in the state of Texas, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
My Lynch has more than 30 years of experience representing U.S. and foreign clients in all phases of preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the electrical, software, Internet, business methods, and mechanical arts. He is also well-versed in trademark, copyright, and Internet technology practices.
Mr. Lynch holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in analog and RF electronics from the University of Tennessee, and a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
David enjoys attending concerts and sporting events, especially college football games. David is also a hiking and whitewater rafting enthusiast.
Greg Brummett focuses his practice on patent prosecution and counseling with respect to intellectual property matters. Greg has extensive patent prosecution experience including preparing provisional and utility patent applications, prosecuting utility patent applications before the USPTO and appeals before the BPAI, preparing and prosecuting international PCT applications to secure patent rights in other jurisdictions.
Greg's practice also includes preparing validity, infringement, and patentability opinions, substantive revision of foreign origin applications, development and joint venture agreements, and licensing agreements with emphasis in technical areas including semiconductor manufacturing processes and materials, mineral fiber manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions, medical devices, processing equipment and inspection devices, water treatment packages and test procedures, optical fiber manufacture, metallurgy, and general chemical engineering. Greg has also represented a Canadian-based consortium of universities in their work on isotope generators, detectors and cyclotron target designs.
Greg has also been involved in litigation before U.S. District Courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the International Trade Commission. His experience encompasses all phases of litigation from preparing pre-litigation opinions through settlement negotiations and trial. Prior to entering private practice, Greg spent seven years as a Semiconductor Process Engineer at a Texas Instruments CMOS Fab in Dallas, Texas, working primarily in the diffusion and ion implantation departments.
Mr. Beale's practice is primarily directed at preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the electrical, chemical, and mechanical arts, with a heavy emphasis on semiconductor structures and manufacturing processes.
Mr. Beale holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Reed College, has extensive formal education in physics, and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Jeffrey H. Greger serves as Senior Counsel for the firm and has practiced intellectual property law for twenty years with an emphasis on trademark matters. He manages the firm's trademark practice including responsibilities for copyright and unfair competition matters. His core experience is prosecution and securing federal trademark and copyright registrations for the firm's international and domestic clients. Additionally, Jeffrey provides trademark registrability and use clearances opinions, searches, negotiates and drafts contracts, assignments, coexistence agreements, and licenses.
A significant portion of Jeffrey's practice is representing clients in trademark oppositions and cancellations with the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. In contentious matters, Jeffrey has represented many clients as plaintiffs and defendants in federal civil-court trademark, copyright, trade dress, trade secret, cybersquatting, and business contract litigations. Jeffrey provides his clients with practical counsel, gleaned from fifteen years prior business ownership in the commercial construction field.
As part of his practice, Jeffrey handles internet domain name disputes, representing both registrants and respondents in domain name arbitration proceedings under UDRP and ICANN procedures through WIPO and the National Arbitration Forum.
Jeffrey graduated from the New York State University (B.A. psychology) and received his J.D. degree from the Franklin Pierce Law Center and was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1997. Additional admissions include numerous federal district courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeal.
Jeffrey has been lead counsel in over sixty trademark oppositions/cancellations and federal district court litigations. He has argued cases in front of the First, Fourth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal, including an En Banc Fourth Circuit precedential case. Jeffrey has obtained numerous trademark injunctions in the federal district courts, with an emphasis of representation in the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Central District of California
Mr. Hauptman's practice comprises of counseling clients with developing a tailored patent strategy that aligns with client/company goals, patent prosecution from drafting to issue, and patent monetization. Mr. Hauptman represents a variety of inventors, from independent inventors (micro entities) to start-ups to larger corporations, both foreign and domestic. Mr. Hauptman has also prepared numerous opinions regarding patentability, infringement, and freedom-to-operate. Regarding patent monetization, Mr. Hauptman works with companies interested in licensing or selling their patents, and has had successes in marketing patent portfolios, and connecting clients with potential licensees and buyers. Mr. Hauptman has also worked with offices of technology commercialization/transfer associated with universities and academia in preparing licensing and material transfer agreements.
Education
Mr. Hauptman holds a Juris Doctor from Thomas Jefferson School of Law with a certificate of intellectual property, a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology/minor in Chemistry from the University of Miami. While in law school, Mr. Hauptman volunteered in a legal clinic helping low income inventors patent their inventions, and was president of the Intellectual Property Law Association. Mr. Hauptman is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and a registered patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Joshua Pritchett's practice is primarily directed to preparing and prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and foreign clients in electrical, mechanical, and optical arts. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Pritchett was a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent Office, and worked in the optical elements of semiconductor Art Unit for over nine years. Mr. Pritchett also has experience with telecommunication and optical communication applications.
Mr. Le's practice is primarily directed to preparing and prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and foreign clients in the electrical, software, and mechanical arts. Mr. Le worked for many years for a major in intellectual property law firm in Vietnam before joining the Firm. Mr. Le has experience in handling all aspects of intellectual property in Vietnam with primary emphasis on patent and industrial design applications. Mr. Le, servers now as a Registered Patent Agent for the Firm. Mr. Le holds Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science Degrees from foreign universities with a major in Electronics and Relay Protection of Power Systems, and a Master of Intellectual Property Degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center.
Kwang Yup (Timothy) Chae, originally from Seoul, Republic of Korea, focuses his practice on federal trademark prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and opposition/cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He served as a vice president in the Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association from 2013 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2018. He has been a designated U.S. attorney for trademark matters for applicants supported by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) since 2003. He served on a panel of arbitrators for the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board in 2014 and 2015. Since 2002, he has handled thousands of U.S. trademark matters for major companies in Korea as well as start-up companies and sole proprietors. His clients have spanned various industries to include the automotive, aviation, hotel, food service, confections, fashion, electronics, online game developers, K-pop entertainment and cosmetics industries. He has conducted lectures in several Korean universities, associations, and government agencies, such as the Korea Intellectual Property Association (KIPA), the Korea Patent Attorneys Association (KPAA), the Korea Creative Content Agency (KCCA), the Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency (KIPPA) and many Korean patent law firms.
Mr. Steger focuses his practice on client counseling in all phases of preparation and prosecution of patent applications, including appellate practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (formerly the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences). Mr. Steger has extensive experience representing both domestic and non-domestic Fortune 500 companies, as well as individual inventors. Mr. Steger has written over one hundred patent applications, prosecuted hundreds of others, and has prepared opinions concerning patentability, infringement, and freedom-to-operate. Mr. Steger also counsels clients regarding patent portfolio strategy, and he has developed strategies tailored for each individual client's specific needs.
Mr. Steger holds a Juris Doctor from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Mr. Steger is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is a registered agent in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. McComas is a registered patent attorney in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. McComas's practice is primarily directed to preparing and prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and non-U.S. clients in the electrical and mechanical arts.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. McComas was a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for nearly two years in the graphical user interface Art Unit, and a patent search consultant for nearly one year in the electrical and business method arts.
Before attending law school, Mr. McComas was an electrical engineer for ten years with responsibilities in the areas of software and hardware development, manufacturing, support, and sales of test equipment for the semiconductor industry. Prior to his engineering career, Mr. McComas worked in the financial industry as a registered representative for ten years.
Mr. McComas holds a Juris Doctor from The University of Richmond and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. Mr. McComas is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and before the U.S. Patent Office. Mr. McComas is a member of the Greater Richmond Intellectual Property Law Association (GRIPLA).
Mr. Okato has been working with a major American company located in Japan. He has more than 20 years of experience in drafting and prosecuting software-related and electrical patent applications and also in handling trademarks. He is an active member of the SW committee and foreign information committee in JPAA (Japan Patent Attorney Association) since 2008.
Dr. Nick Fan has been preparing and prosecuting patent applications for over 15 years as a patent agent and as a patent attorney. He specializes primarily in semiconductor and electrical inventions. He is skilled in invention harvesting, which he used as a senior patent operation counsel in a Fortune 500 manufacturing company, to help keep creative ideas for inventions flowing. He has the unique experience of working within a corporation and within a law firm, affording him a better understanding of the client perspective.
Dr. Fan earned his Juris Doctor degree from Seattle University School of Law in Seattle, Washington. While completing his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, he was selected to be a participant in Nobel Laureate Dr. T.D. Lee's CUSPEA program, which introduced the best physics graduates in China to universities in the United States. He went to the University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley, California where he earned his Ph.D. in Physics.
Dr. Fan is fluent in both Mandarin and English. He is admitted to the New York State Bar and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Noranbrock's practice is primarily directed to preparing and prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and foreign clients in the electrical, software, Internet, business methods, and mechanical arts. Mr. Noranbrock is also an adjunct Professor at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, India where he lectures on intellectual property topics including U.S. Patent practice.
Mr. Noranbrock holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Computer Engineering from the George Washington University and a Juris Doctor degree from the George Mason University School of Law with a special emphasis on patent law. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Noranbrock's professional associations include the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section).
Mr. Ron Embry's expertise includes patent preparation, prosecution, and appeals at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as global patent prosecution. He also serves his clients through his invalidity and non-infringement opinions, agreements, and counseling.
Mr. Embry's practice is primarily focused on the display, semiconductor, oil and gas, renewable energy, petrochemical, and geophysics industries. More specifically, his expertise includes semiconductor manufacturing, display manufacturing, renewable energy, solar panels, natural gas processing and cryogenics, gasoline, diesel fuels, biofuels and lubricants, polymers and catalysts, agricultural chemicals and surfactants, chemical intermediates, aerospace, and geophysics.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Embry was a partner at the IP firm of Patterson + Sheridan, LLP based in Houston, Texas.
Mr. Pawlikowski's practice is primarily directed to preparing and prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and non-U.S. clients in various technical arts, including electrical, mechanical, computer hardware/software, communications systems, business methods and semiconductors. Prior to pursuing his legal career, Mr. Pawlikowski worked as a communications systems engineer, application/sw engineer and an electromagnetics compliance test engineer.
Mr. Pawlikowski holds a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University-Newark, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Mr. Pawlikowski is licensed to practice in New York and is registered as a patent attorney in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Pawlikowski has provided litigation support regarding patent infringement/non-infringement and patent validity/invalidity for major international corporations. He has prepared and prosecuted patent applications for various major domestic and international corporations.
Dr. Lee's practice focuses on preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the fields of materials science, electrical engineering, and chemistry. He holds a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering from Kyungpook National University, a Ph.D. in electronic materials from the same university, and a LL.M. from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Mr. Auchterlonie has over 22 years of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and foreign clients in the electrical, software, internet, business methods, and mechanical arts.
In addition, he has over 3 years of experience as a Patent Examiner for the USPTO in an Art Unit dedicated to examining sophisticated applications of software-based control to vehicles, e.g., engine control, power distribution, anti-lock braking, automatic transmission, air-bag actuation, vehicle guidance, etc.
Ms. Suo is a Technical Specialist who assists the partners with preparing and prosecuting patent applications for clients in Chemical industries, pharmaceuticals and biotech fields. Ms. Suo was a patent examiner in SIPO and a patent attorney in a Chinese patent firm, where she was involved in diverse intellectual property practices, encompassing world-wide patent prosecution for national and foreign clients.
Yoon S. Ham concentrates his practice in the area of intellectual property law, including prosecuting United States and foreign patents, patent litigation, intellectual property licensing, and preparing opinions on patent validity and infringement. He counsels clients on the protection, enforcement, licensing and acquisition of patent, trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property rights. In connection therewith, Mr. Ham conducts negotiations and prepares agreements and related documents.
Education: Franklin Pierce Law Center, JD, 1994; Franklin Pierce Law Center, Master of Intellectual Property, 1992; Korea University, MS, 1986 (Electrical Engineering); Korea University, BS, 1984 (Electrical Engineering)
Mr. Ham has extensive experience in negotiating technology licensing, distribution and supply agreements as well as other types of international commercial contracts. His clients include international Fortune 500 companies as well as small emerging technology and manufacturing companies in electronics, telecommunications, computer software and hardware, metal, optical, and consumer goods industries. Mr. Ham helps those clients define and protect their intellectual property while exploiting its competitive advantage. He also brings hands-on industry experience, having worked as a semiconductor research engineer for a major Korean electronics corporation.
Mr. Ham is a frequent speaker at various industries, universities and professional associations around the world. Recently, he lectured at Asian Pacific Intellectual Property Association in Taiwan (April, 2008), Korea Patent Attorneys Association in Korea (September 2008), Korea Electronics Association (September 2008), and regularly conducts seminars for corporate in-house counsels and patent departments of numerous companies in Taiwan, China and Korea. Mr. Ham was the keynote speaker at the Annual Joint Conference of the Korea and Japan Patent Attorneys Associations (October, 2004).
Mr. Liu's areas of expertise includes assisting the partners with preparing and prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and foreign clients before the USPTO and international Patent Offices. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Liu was a senior partner in a Taiwanese patent firm where his primary focus was patent prosecution before the Taiwan Patent Office, consultation on patent infringement and invalidity opinions, and technology licensing. Mr. Liu has more than 20 years experience in handling patent-related matters concerning mechanical devices, flat panel displays, semiconductor devices and manufacturing, telecommunications, software, and optical devices.
Mr. Liu received his Bachelor degree in Power Mechanical Engineering at Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, and his Master degree of Intellectual Property at Franklin Pierce Law Center. Mr. Liu lectured Patent Law and Practice at Law Institute of Science and Technology, Tsing Hua University in 2000-2010.