James Okamoto.....Patrick Benedicto Partner Ph. (408) 436 - 2111 Fax (408) 436 - 2114 Email: james@OBLLP.com James Okamoto practices intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent preparation and prosecution, client counseling, and litigation support. Dr. Okamoto has prepared and prosecuted numerous patent applications in a wide range of technological areas, including semiconductor devices and processes, microprocessors and other integrated circuits, computer hardware and software, data networking, and telecommunications. He has significant experience counseling clients regarding offensive and defensive patent strategies and has managed domestic and international patent portfolios for various venture-backed start-up companies. Prior to co-founding the firm, he served as director of intellectual property and corporate counsel at a startup company in the interactive TV industry. Before his legal career, Dr. Okamoto supervised laboratories in electron microscopy and semiconductor fabrication at the California Institute of Technology. He has published several research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including the Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review Letters. As an undergraduate, he worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Education · California Institute of Technology, B.S. in Physics, with honors, 1988 · California Institute of Technology, M.S. in Applied Physics, 1989 · California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Applied Physics, 1993 · Stanford Law School, J.D., 1996 Admissions · California · Northern District of California · Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · United States Patent and Trademark Office The contents of this Web site are not intended, and cannot be considered, as legal advice or opinion. Terms of Use © Copyright 2011. All rights reserved.