Ali Uyanik

Counsel

Services

Intellectual Property

Biography

Ali focuses on patent preparation and prosecution, helping companies build intellectual property strategies for complex technologies. His practice covers patent work in mixed analog-digital systems, semiconductors, computer networking, machine learning, and data security. Before practicing law, Ali designed custom nuclear magnetic resonance probes and worked as an RF and plasma engineer in the semiconductor industry. He also served as a patent agent for an LED lighting startup in Silicon Valley, where he conducted freedom-to-operate searches, identified patentable innovations, developed patent-mapping strategies, and coordinated prosecution with outside counsel.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

California

Court Admissions

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Education

Santa Clara University (J.D.)
- Santa Clara Law Review
- Computer & High Tech Law Journal
- High Tech Law Certificate
Michigan State University (M.S., Electrical Engineering)
- Electronics Laboratory Class, Teaching Assistant
- Computer Science 101, Teaching Assistant
- Research Assistant
University of Kaiserslautern (M.S., Power Engineering)
- Teaching Assistant

Languages

German
Turkish

Experience

Previous Professional Experience

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, Special Counsel (2023-2026)
North, Weber & Baugh, LLP, Senior Associate (2011-2023)
Lunera Lighting, Inc., Patent Specialist (2010-2011)

Community Involvement

Lincoln Law School of San Jose, San Jose, CA
- Lecturer (2017)

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