David Lewis

Dr. Lewis has been a patent agent for more than 30 years working for various law firms and as proprietor of his own firm.

David Lewis, a former US patent examiner. David examined patent applications related primarily to liquid crystal display cells. He has also examined patent applications related to optics, electro-optics, printers, and solar collectors.

David holds a doctorate in physics, with a focus on solid-state physics. His thesis work is in computational micromagnetics. David worked as a staff engineer in magnetic recording at Read-Rite Corporation.

David is creative and often provides novel perspectives on many issues related to patent prosecution. David has been a full-time patent agent since the year 2000. David ran his patent agency from 2004 to 2021 and has experience prosecuting patent applications in various areas, including cryptography, databases, new types of computers and self-learning machines, trimmer heads, network communications, and routers in the US. David also has experience
overseeing patent prosecution in other countries (e.g., in the European Patent Office, Canada, and China).

Practice Specialties

Patent preparation, prosecution, and counseling:

Telecommunications – 5G communications, mobile phone provisioning, conference phones.

Electronic and Software systems  – integrated circuit design and fabrication, network systems – including routers, geolocation systems, databases and cyber security.

Mechanical and Electromechanical Systems – trimmer heads, packaging devices, water filters, pool cleaners, hybrid vehicles, automated locker systems, online locker systems.

Bio-Medical Devices – including catheters, oblation devices, and ultrasound devices.

Experience

Former patent examiner, staff engineer at Read-rite, patent agent at Carr & Ferrell LLP, and Hickman Palermo Truong and Becker LLP. Published several articles on computational micromagnetics.

Registered to practice with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Professional Organizations

National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP)

IEEE and the American Institute of Physics (AIP)