Guardant Health, Inc.
Patent counsel. Drafting and prosecution for cancer diagnostics and high-performance computing technologies.
Experience
Broad experience across complex technologies
Litigation-aware drafting and prosecution
The chances of litigation are low but never zero.
Brian approaches each application with close attention to the technical disclosure, meaningful claim scope, and the potential for future enforcement or defense. The goal is to create assets that not only capture the invention but also anticipate how others may approach similar technology.
Brian's career as a patent attorney has ranged from serving a broad range of clients at patent boutique firms to in-house counsel work at a public company.
Brian has prepared applications and obtained patents (domestic and abroad) for clients ranging from enterprises and startups to individuals, with an eye toward potential enforcement or defense. He has directed filing activity and prosecution strategy toward commercially relevant claim scope, helping one startup client build a portfolio that led to raising $114M in Series C funding from SoftBank.
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
Of counsel. Drafting and prosecution across wireless communication, positioning, biometric sensing, image and video processing, software, and machine learning.
Gazdzinski & Associates, PC
Patent attorney and client manager. Patent prosecution involving content delivery, image and video processing, neural networks, task training, medical devices, and software. Successful response to inter partes review (IPR) petition.
Banpil Photonics, Inc. + Independent
Patent work involving medical imaging devices and high-speed interconnects, along with independent patent agent work on a virtual user interface.
Telecommunications & networking
5G/6G, Wi-Fi and cellular systems, device-to-device communication, positioning, sensing, content delivery, and data security.
AI, software & imaging
Machine learning, neural networks, automated systems, image and video processing, image generation, augmented reality, and task training.
Biometric & medical devices
Biometric and physiologic sensors, optical imaging, consumer devices, surgical instruments, drug-screening devices, and microfluidics.
Electronics & semiconductors
Electronic design automation, antennas and chassis, processor and memory management, semiconductor process tools, film deposition, and bow compensation.
Apple
Amazon
Adobe
Brain Corp
Charter Communications
GlySens
GoPro
Lam Research
Medtronic
Pulse Electronics
Qualcomm
Synopsys
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Brian earned a B.S. in Bioengineering from UCLA and worked in medical and bioengineering research involving genetic susceptibility to cancer, drug-screening devices, and MEMS devices for functional electrical stimulation.
Through his patent work, Brian has worked with state-of-the-art technologies in telecommunications, electronics, sensing, medical devices, computer science, and other cross-disciplinary fields.