Min
Yang
Associate
Education
- George Washington University Law School, J.D.
- Princeton University, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
- Fudan University, M.S. Physics
- Nanjing University, B.S. Physics
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
Min Yang handles patent disputes and other complex IP matters, representing clients in district courts, International Trade Commission investigations, post-grant proceedings, and patent prosecution.
She represents clients in matters involving a wide variety of technologies, including those in the electrical and mechanical engineering spaces. She has substantial experience in patent cases directed to semiconductor devices and circuits, computer systems and software, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications, and image/video processing.
Before joining Larson, Min was a patent litigation associate at a global intellectual property law firm, and a research staff member at IBM. She is a registered patent agent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
- George Washington University Law School, J.D.
- Princeton University, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
- Fudan University, M.S. Physics
- Nanjing University, B.S. Physics
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Represented Volkswagen in multiple inter partes review proceedings involving automotive technologies, including engine control, fuel injection, vehicle lighting, navigation, and wireless communications patents. Responsibilities included prior art investigations, petition drafting, and expert declarations.
- Represented Volkswagen in district court litigation involving automotive navigation and wireless communication technologies, conducting non-infringement analyses, prior art research, and invalidity claim chart development.
- Represented Intellectual Ventures in inter partes review and reexamination proceedings involving computer networking, storage, and RFID technologies, drafting patent owner preliminary responses, patent owner responses, and USPTO filings.
- Represented BOE Technology Group in patent litigation involving display and semiconductor technologies, drafting claim construction briefs, expert reports on non-infringement and invalidity, summary judgment motions, motions in limine, and supporting discovery, depositions, and pretrial preparation.
- Represented Samsung in patent litigation involving image sensor and photosensitive device technologies, conducting non-infringement analyses and preparing invalidity contentions.
- Represented CentralSquare Technologies in patent enforcement matters involving emergency communication technologies, conducting pre-litigation investigations and assisting with complaint drafting.
- Represented TSMC in International Trade Commission investigations involving semiconductor manufacturing and memory technologies, supporting discovery efforts and conducting prior art analysis.
- Co-inventor, 71 U.S. patents (with additional foreign patents)
- Co-author, 1 book chapter, 27 peer-reviewed journal articles and 43 conference proceedings
Min's
Awards
IBM Invention Plateau Awards
1999-2018
IBM Research Division Award: FINFET Technology for 14nm CMOS
2015
Master Inventor
2006
Min's
Associations
- United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registered Patent Agent
- American Bar Association, Member
- IBM Academy of Technology, former Member, 2000-2018
- Technical Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Electron Device Society, Member, 2013-2017
- Process Technology for International Electron Device Meeting, Session Chair, 2007
- Sub-committee member for International Electron Device Meeting, Sub-committee Member, 2005-2006
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Senior Member
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Electron Devices Society, Member