Richard L. Bell, Ph.D.
Practice Profile
Preparation and prosecution of patent applications in a wide variety of technical and scientific fields:
- interdisciplinary fields that combine mathematics with physics, chemistry, and/or materials science, including memristors, molecular electronics, quantum computing, metamaterials, nanotechnology, nanophotonic technology integrated with computer systems, nanophotonic technology for cluster computing and blade systems, opto-elecronic multiprocessor IC architectures, micro-opto-electromechanical systems, and sensors;
- nanophotonic technologies, including interconnects, modulators, detectors, and linear and non-linear optical devices;
- semiconductor-based technologies, including lasers, light-emitting diodes, photodiodes, transistors, and solar cells;
- software and applied mathematics-based technologies, including quantum information, video and audio signal processing, microarray image processing, digital image processing, and video conferencing; and
- computing devices and hardware, including scientific instruments, electronics, system architecture, three-dimensional display technology, scientific instruments, and medical devices.
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Patent-strategy counseling
Technical and scientific design review
Legal Experience
| September 2003 - current | Olympic Patent Works, Seattle, WA |
Patent Attorney and Founder |
| Summer 2001 & 2002 | TraskBritt, Salt Lake City, UT
| Summer Associate |
Research Experience
| Six years academic research investigating transition state complexes using quantum chemistry methodologies and developing molecular dynamics software to simulate gas-phase chemical reactions |
Teaching Experience
| Calculus & chemistry at the university level |
Education
| 2003 | J.D. | Tulane University |
| 1998 | PH.D | University of Utah, Chemistry with emphasis in Chemical Physics |
| 1992 | B.S. | University of Wyoming, Mathematics |
Bar Membership
| 2005 | Washington |
| 2003 | Texas |
| 2003 | United States Patent & Trademark Office |
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