Semiconductors

Venner Shipley has considerable expertise in the field of semiconductor devices and device fabrication. A significant number of our attorneys have relevant university degrees and industrial experience, as well as specific, patent-related knowledge. Therefore, our attorneys have a deep understanding of the technologies and the sector, helping clients to obtain the best protection and offering them insightful, practical advice.

Our attorneys are experts in drafting and prosecuting patent applications for inventions in this sector. Areas in which we have particular experience include memory and logic devices and circuits, quantum-effect devices, sensors and photonic devices. We are familiar with not only devices implemented in silicon, III-V, II-VI and other inorganic semiconductor material systems, but also structures fabricated using organic semiconductors. Our expertise also extends to inventions which relate to fabrication technologies, such as electron-beam lithography, electroplating and plasma processing.

Our clients include world-class R&D institutions and leading universities, researching advanced prototypes and new processing techniques, and SMEs and multinational corporations, developing devices ready for production.