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Practicing in Silicon Valley since 1967, Mr. Hamrick has been responsible for the preparation and prosecution of more than 3,000 U.S. and foreign patents. Many patents he has filed and prosecuted have provided substantial IP protection and brought substantial royalty income to his clients. Other patents have contributed to his clients' ability to achieve and maintain dominant positions in their industries. Mr. Hamrick is a former Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Hamrick's expertise is in preparation and prosecution of complex U.S. and International patent and trademark applications, licensing and sale of IP rights, patent and trademark litigation support, patent validity and infringement analysis, and re-examination challenge of issued patents. He has special technology experience in gas and solid state lasers and light sources, semiconductor devices, semiconductor manufacturing and inspection equipment, computer hardware and software, magnetic and optical storage devices, electronic instrumentation, medical devices, NMR spectrometry, chromatography, computed tomography, industrial control and mass flow meter devices, aeronautics, machine tools, and concrete structures.
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Education
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- The George Washington University, The National Law Center (J.D., 1967)
- United States Patent Office Academy (1964)
- University of Florida (A.A., 1961; B.S.E.E., 1963)
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Admitted
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- State Bar of California
- Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States Courts of Appeal for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits
- United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California
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Professional Affiliations
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- American Bar Association
- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (Cofounder)
- Licensing Executive Society
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Publications/Presentations
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- Author, Patent Pending, an interactive computer program to assist patent attorneys in drafting patent applications (1988)
- Instructor, Federal Practice Program, Federal District Court for the Northern District of California
- Guest Lecturer at Stanford University Business School
- Guest Lecturer at the University of Santa Clara Law School
- Guest Lecturer at the San Jose State University School of Engineering
- Invited by Vietnam Ministry of Trade to give IP presentations to large business groups in Hanoi, Ho Chi Min City (Saigon) and Can Tho --- July 2003
- Invited by Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture to give IP presentations to large business groups in Hanoi, Ho Chi Min City (Saigon) and Da Nang --- October 2003.
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