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Mr. West formed West & Associates in February 2004. Mr. West and is the managing patent attorney at West & Associates. Mr. West is responsible for coordinating prosecution, transactional, and litigation matters. In addition to counseling clients in matters related to the litigation and licensing of intellectual property rights, Mr. West's practice also includes counseling clients in obtaining, protecting, and enforcing rights associated with patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets and copyrights. Mr. West has extensive experience in obtaining, protecting, and enforcing rights associated with patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, and copyrights. The technical fields of Mr. West's practice include flash memories, programmable logic devices, architecture and fabrication of semiconductor devices, disk and tape drive mechanics and electronics, holographic optical elements, optical networking, optical data storage and transmission, voice and data telecommunications and other technologies related to mechanical, electrical, civil and/or structural engineering.

As managing partner of Foundation Patents, I am a registered patent attorney who helps creative people realize their dreams.  My first love is working with inventors to craft their innovations into effective patents.  I focus on comprehensive specifications, illustrative figures and broad claims that capture the genius of an invention while covering all conceivable embodiments. I enjoy the back-and-forth process of figure and claim drafting with my clients, and I make a point of always being available to help ease the process from idea to issued patent.. I received my Bachelor’s at Princeton University and completed my physics course work at San Francisco State University.  I received my J.D. with Honors from the University of Oregon School of Law.  At Oregon, I received a Certificate in Intellectual Property for my course work in patent infringement.. In patent prosecution, I focus on mechanical apparatus devices, chemical compositions and computer-implemented method patents.  I represent businesses in patent litigation matters, copyright, trademark and trade secret infringement suits in both state and federal courts.  I perform U.S. and international trademark registrations, conduct trademark searches and draft freedom-to-operate opinions.  I counsel and prosecute U.S. patent and trademark applications for scientists, inventors, business people, artists and designers of all types.

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