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Dan C. Hu

Patent Attorney, USPTO. Registration No. 40,025

P.O. Box 41790, Houston, TX  77241-1790
Phone:  713-385-0756
Fax:  713-468-8883

Education

  • J.D., 1996, cum laude, University of Houston Law Center
  • M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1991, Rice University
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1990, summa cum laude, University of Houston

Admitted to Practice

  • State Bar of Texas, 1996
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Registration No. 40,025
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Professional Experience

  • Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C., Houston, Texas. Founding shareholder.
    Practice focuses on patent prosecution (including preparation and prosecution of many hundreds of patent applications), patent litigation (including representation of clients in numerous patent infringement lawsuits), and client counseling (including opinion work and patent portfolio analysis).

    Extensive patent prosecution experience in the following technological fields:  computer architecture, telecommunications, software, database, networking, semiconductor device and memory, oil well tools and systems, and seismic and electromagnetic surveying and processing.  Clients include major companies in various fields.

    Extensive litigation experience, including representation of clients in patent lawsuits and investigations in federal district court and before the International Trade Commission (ITC), in areas relating to computers, mobile phones, LCD displays, DRAMs, and others. 

    Extensive patent dispute and transaction experience, including drafting of infringement/non-infringement opinions and invalidity opinions, and performing clearance studies on behalf of clients.

  • Fish & Richardson P.C., Houston, Texas. Associate attorney.
  • Pravel, Hewitt, Kimball & Krieger, Houston, Texas. Patent agent and technical consultant.
  • Texas Instruments, Houston, Texas. Design engineer in the DRAM group. Performed circuit design of the 4M video random access memory (VRAM) device.

 

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