Schmidt Patent Law, Inc. is a Silicon Valley intellectual property law firm located in San Jose, California. Our services include patent prosecution, strategic patent counseling, intellectual property due diligence, and litigation support.
We serve clients in the U.S. and throughout the world. Our clients range in size from start-ups to international corporations.
Our technical areas of expertise include chemistry, physics, optics, optoelectronics, electronics, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, and medicine.
Client technologies have included:
- light emitting diodes and arrays of light emitting diodes.
- camera systems, displays, adaptive lighting systems, automotive lighting systems, and related light emitting systems that employ light emitting diodes or arrays of light emitting diodes.
- wavelength converters comprising phosphor particles, quantum dots, phosphor ceramics, or related wavelength converting materials for use with light emitting diodes or arrays of light emitting diodes.
- photovoltaic solar cells and solar cell modules.
- concentrating optical systems that concentrate sunlight onto solar cells or solar cell modules.
- tracking systems that rotate solar cell modules to track the sun.
- solar thermal energy systems that track the sun and collect and concentrate sunlight to heat a working fluid used to drive a turbine or other heat engine.
- energy storage in batteries, as heat in molten salt or other heat storage media, or in liquified gases.
- electrical vehicle mobile charging systems.
- laser ophthalmic surgical systems and methods.
- eye-safe and physician-safe laser illumination systems and methods for ophthalmic surgery.
- ophthalmic lenses (eyeglasses or contact lenses) that employ optical filters to improve or desirably alter color vision.
- laser illuminators, aiming lasers, and optical imaging devices for use with firearms in sport, law enforcement, or military applications.
- muzzle compensators that stabilize firearms during firing.
- metal structure fabrication by low force folding of patterned metal sheets and metal plates.
- water purification by reverse osmosis.
- production of butanol, ethanol, and other liquid fuels by biosynthesis or chemical catalysis of syngas or other feedstocks.
- Methods and apparatus for preventing voltage flicker in a power system serving an electrical grid.
- furniture, cabinetry, and related articles employing magnetic fasteners and magnetic joints
- electronic commerce methods and systems for safe and secure delivery of packages.