PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

Louis Wu has over a decade of experience in commercializing technological innovation for start-up ventures, research institutions, and established industry leaders.

His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in materials science and engineering with concentration in ceramics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from Northeastern University. In addition, Louis holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he was a member of Law Review.

Louis has a broad base of technical knowledge. Prior to working as a patent practitioner, Louis’ academic research included rapid solidification of high-temperature superconductors and drying and sintering behavior of ceramics for semiconductor packaging applications. Later, as a staff engineer at EIC Laboratories, he carried out contract research for government and private agencies in diverse areas such as metal-matrix composites, pulsed-current fatigue, electrochromic materials, single crystal growth, electrochemistry, and computer simulations.

At Duracell, he invented and patented technologies pertaining to battery testers. While supporting the commercialization efforts for Duracell’s battery tester program, he engaged in competitor surveillance and analyzed emerging technological trends. As his work became increasingly focused on patent analysis, his interest in intellectual property grew. Consequently, he decided to leverage the skills and know-how gained as a result of his success in industrial R&D and to focus on patent law. Since then, he has worked in the patent department of the Gillette Company, practiced law as a patent attorney at the law firm of Reed & Eberle LLP, and served as in-house patent counsel for a number of Silicon Valley companies specializing in cutting-edge microelectronic technologies.

As outside counsel, Louis has drafted numerous patent applications and prosecuted them to issuance. He also has significant experience in “clean up” work on existing patent portfolios to improve strategic focus and claims coverage. In addition, Louis has rendered formal and informal opinions pertaining to intellectual property issues such as patentability, validity, infringement, and freedom-of-operation.

As in-house counsel, Louis has developed and overseen the execution of various companies' patenting strategies. For example, Louis has managed a portfolio of over 300 U.S. and foreign patents for a microelectronic packaging company. In addition, he has performed strategic IP mining services and carried out patent analysis in the context of IP valuation, acquisition, licensing, and enforcement.

Louis is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In addition, Louis serves as an adjunct faculty member at San Francisco State University where he teaches intellectual property law. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

The following is a partial listing of Louis’ publications and patents:

· Invited Speaker, Patent Infringement, The Hawaii Battery Conference, Waikoloa Beach, HI (2002).

· Invited Speaker, Patenting Battery Technologies—Protecting the Overlooked, The Hawaii Battery Conference, Waikoloa Beach, HI (2001).

· Author, Comment, Enhanced Damages for Willful Patent Infringement--An Issue for Judge or Jury, 33 U.S.F. L. Rev. 435 (1999).

· Author, “Platinum”—The Importance of Federal Registration of a Laudatory/Descriptive Mark, 4 U.S.F. Intell. Prop. L. Bull. 17 (1999).

· Inventor, U.S. Patent No. 5,396,177, entitled Electrochemical Battery Tester.

· Inventor, U.S. Patent No. 5,339,024, entitled Electrochemical Battery Tester.

· Author, The Li/Polymer Electrolyte Interface in Ambient Temperature Rechargeable Solid-State Batteries, Fall Electrochemical Society Meeting, Extended Abstract No. 691 (1991).