Bryan A. Santarelli

Bryan focuses his intellectual property practice on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, as well as licensing, in the broad areas of computer, electrical, semiconductor, software, and mechanical technologies for domestic and foreign clients of all sizes. He also counsels clients on trademark matters including the prosecution of trademark applications.

As a strategic IP practitioner, Bryan works closely with clients on actionable portfolio management strategies that meet client objectives. He has an extensive background interfacing directly with inventors and technical experts and partners with his clients to set up in-house patent programs to streamline communications and keep the focus on valuable issued patents.

Bryan has handled patent and other IP work for individual inventors and startup, emerging, small, medium, and large companies, including Agilent Technologies, BAE Systems, Boeing, Coffee Equipment Company (acquired by Starbucks), CurvaFix, Equator Technologies, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hewlett-Packard, Intellectual Ventures, Intersil, Joule Case, Lockheed-Martin, Micro Technologies, Microscan, Microsoft, Microvision, Opticyte, Philips, Real Networks, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments.

Bryan also works with angel-investing groups both as an investor and as a consultant

Previous Work and Industry Experience

Bryan’s broad legal career included positions as Of Counsel, Partner and Associate at large and mid-size multi-practice firms and IP boutiques in the Pacific Northwest and Texas. Prior to beginning his legal career, Bryan designed analog and digital circuits for the industrial‑products group of Polaroid Corporation, where he co-invented and patented a high-speed laser driver for medical printer applications (U.S. Patent No. 5,123,023 Laser Driver With Plural Feedback Loops).

Experience

Bryan’s patent work includes:

• 3D printers
• Analog and digital circuits
• Analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) converters
• Antennas
• Audio electronics
• Defibrillators
• Disk drives
• FPGAs
• Medical devices and systems
• memories (e.g., DRAM, EPROM, EEPROM, ferro-magnetic, RAM, and SRAM
• Microprocessors
• Power management (e.g., battery management)
• Semiconductor processing
• System simulators
• Video compression and decompression (e.g., MPEG)
• Wireless communications (e.g., OFDM, MIMO-OFDM).

Recognition

Rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell® View methodology used for selection. 

Professional Affiliations

• Washington Sate Patent Law Association, Member
  -Past Board Member and President
• Washington  State Bar Association, Member
• IEEE, Member
• Pebblebee, Inc, Board Member