Semiconductors

Semiconductors and integrated circuits (IC) lie at the heart of all modern-day electronics.

Semiconductor and Integrated Circuit IP Counsel

With rapid leaps in innovation year after year, strong intellectual property (IP) protection is essential to the semiconductor design and manufacturing industry. At HRFM, we've counseled some of the world's most innovative semiconductor and integrated circuit industry leaders.

Our work spans the circuitry, architecture, manufacturing technology and designs of companies ranging from startups to multinational corporations.

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How HRFM Serves Semiconductor and IC Clients

Our focused approach to the semiconductor space includes an experienced team of attorneys and patent agents. The team brings a multidimensional understanding of semiconductor and integrated circuit technology, the legal and technical issues facing the industry and the current business climate.

We help semiconductor and integrated circuit clients across the full range of patent activities. These include obtaining and licensing patents, asserting patents against infringing competitors and defending against infringement allegations.

Our attorneys have drafted and prosecuted hundreds of semiconductor and integrated circuit patent applications.

What HRFM's Semiconductor IP Team Brings

In a fast-paced technical field like semiconductors, it's not enough for IP professionals to simply know the law. Our attorneys also hold degrees in applicable disciplines such as these:

• Computer science
• Electrical engineering
• Computer engineering
• Chemistry
• Information science and technology
• Mechanical engineering

Semiconductor and Integrated Circuit Technologies HRFM Covers

Our experience with semiconductor and IC tech includes the following:

• Volatile and nonvolatile memory technologies
• Programmable logic devices
• Semiconductor chip packaging
• Front-end and back-end semiconductor chip manufacturing and design
• Microprocessors and microcontrollers
• Wafer inspection and testing equipment and methods
• Semiconductor tooling
• Microfluidic chips
• CMOS and CCD sensors
• Circuit design software and systems

Consult HRFM's Semiconductor IP Attorneys

HRFM brings the technical depth this industry demands, alongside the legal knowledge to act on it. As upstate New York's largest IP law firm, we operate from offices in Albany and Rochester.

Contact us to discuss your semiconductor IP needs, or search our attorneys to find the right specialist for your work.