IP Authority, LLC has experience across a broad range of complex technologies, with particular depth in electrical engineering, computer science, software, wireless communications, semiconductor devices, artificial intelligence, medical systems, and electromechanical technologies.
Our technical experience supports both patent prosecution and patent research, including patentability searches, validity and invalidity investigations, Inter Partes Review support, freedom-to-operate research support, and standard-essential patent research.
- 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, NB-IoT, OFDM, MIMO, RAN, wireless resource allocation, and cellular network architectures
- 3GPP technical documents, 3GPP LISTSERV materials, standard-essential patent research, and wireless standards analysis
- IEEE 802 standards, Wi-Fi technologies including 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IrDA, and short-range wireless systems
- Telecommunications switching, digital exchanges, PBX systems, stored program control, call services, VoIP, and network signaling
- Satellite, GSM, TDMA, CDMA, CDPD, MMDS, SMDS, and other long-range wireless systems
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, artificial neural networks, adaptive systems, classification, inference, and predictive analytics
- Databases, data structures, query processing, indexing, optimization, concurrency, versioning, archiving, and backup systems
- Distributed computing, grid computing, clusters, cloud systems, middleware, enterprise software, and workflow systems
- Access control, authentication, cybersecurity, VPNs, intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, and secure protocols
- User interfaces, graphical user interfaces, interactive visualization, operator interfaces, and control dashboards
- E-commerce, secure transactions, anonymous transactions, payment systems, clearinghouse systems, and business-method technologies
- Digital signal processing, filtering, coding, and encoding systems
- Image compression, including JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and related formats
- Video coding and streaming, including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, H.265, XVID, DivX, VC-1, WMV, RealVideo, and video-on-demand systems
- Audio codecs and perceptual audio coding, including MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA, and related formats
- Streaming systems, buffering mechanisms, trick-play modes, watermarking, steganography, DRM, HDCP, and content-protection systems
- Semiconductor devices, CMOS, MOSFETs, implantation, doping, packaging, lithography, deposition, etching, and semiconductor fabrication
- Active solid-state devices, transistors, diodes, thyristors, MOS capacitors, MIS structures, SOI devices, and varactors
- Analog circuits, digital circuits, mixed-signal systems, PLLs, charge amplifiers, oscillators, clock generators, and signal conditioning
- Processor architectures, bus structures, timing, error correction, parallel/serial interfaces, SMP, ATA, SATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel
- Memory systems, including ROM, RAM, DRAM, SDRAM, RDRAM, flash memory, NAND flash, MLC/SLC flash, storage controllers, and controller buffers
- Verilog, VHDL, HDL-based electronic system design, ASICs, FPGAs, and embedded systems
- Wireless power transfer, inductive charging, charging pads, power mats, primary and secondary inductors, and coil alignment systems
- Battery charging, power-path management, current limiting, charge indication, wired/wireless charging modes, and double-charging prevention
- Mobile-device charging accessories, receiver coils, magnetic retention systems, metal plates, and wireless-charging-compatible cases
- Power systems, transformers, power generation, power control, power monitoring, hybrid power systems, and battery/supercapacitor systems
- Fuel cells, rechargeable electrochemical cells, capacitors, and energy storage systems
- Surgical robotics, teleoperated surgical systems, master control arms, surgeon consoles, patient-side carts, and robotic manipulators
- Robotic tool control, tool-swap interfaces, console grip controls, foot-pedal inputs, active tool indicators, and medical-device GUIs
- Guided setup systems, drape detection, physical arrangement sensing, robotic arm setup, and step-by-step medical-system workflows
- Medical equipment, catheters, stents, pacemakers, sensors, physiological monitoring, and medical imaging systems
- Force-sensing controls, steering interfaces, ergonomic interfaces, and human-machine control systems
- Optical systems, spectrometers, echelle spectrometers, cross-dispersion optics, detector optics, collimating optics, and camera optics
- Imaging systems, image acquisition, remote sensing, aerial imagery, oblique and orthogonal image processing, and point-pattern matching
- Three-dimensional modeling, computer vision, structure modeling, roof modeling, construction estimating, and automated measurement systems
- Barcode readers, scanners, optical drives, magnetic drives, displays, LCDs, TFT-LCDs, HDMI, DVI, and video interfaces
- Electromechanical systems, mechanical controls, actuators, sensors, housings, enclosures, and device packaging
- Automotive systems, hybrid technologies, transportation systems, robotic platforms, and motion-control systems
- Metals engineering, manufacturing systems, steels, alloys, rolling mills, and industrial process equipment
- Sports equipment, consumer products, design searching, and mechanical device searching
- Coatings, adhesives, compositions, polymers, nanomaterials, nanostructures, and electrochemical processes
- Chemical process technologies, material formulations, surface treatments, and materials-related patent research
- Nanotechnology, nanomagnets, nanostructured devices, and semiconductor/material interfaces
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Prior-Art Research Experience
IP Authority's technical expertise also supports complex prior-art research, including IPR and invalidity research involving wireless standards, consumer electronics, semiconductors, flash memory, video coding, artificial intelligence, medical robotics, wireless charging, payment systems, and hard-to-find non-patent literature.
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