JACOB T. KERN
MANAGING PARTNER
Jake’s practice includes patent preparation and prosecution, as well as providing opinions on patent infringement, non-infringement, and validity issues. During graduate school, Jake gained experience fabricating magnetic thin films and investigating the AC-susceptibility of exchange-biased samples. Jake’s areas of expertise include semiconductor design and fabrication, memory (e.g., DRAM, NAND Flash, HBM, etc.), electrical circuits, machine learning, and mechanical devices. He also has experience with medical devices, network devices, wireless communication systems, optical systems and devices, and business methods.
EDUCATION
- BACHELOR'S DEGREE - AUGSBURG COLLEGE
- MASTER'S DEGREE - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
- JURIS DOCTOR - HAMLINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
- REGISTERED - U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
EXPERTISE & PRACTICE AREA
- INSURANCE PRODUCTS
- ALTERNATIVE ENERGY/GREEN ENERGY
- MATERIAL SCIENCE
- HOME AND INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
- MEDICAL DEVICES
- APPLICATION AND OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE
- AUTOMATION
- CLOUD COMPUTING
- COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS
- CYBER SECURITY
- DATA ANALYTICS
- ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS
- HANDHELD DEVICE APPLICATIONS AND OPERATING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
- IMAGE PROCESSING
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- NETWORKING HARDWARE
- ROBOTICS
- SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY MANUFACTURING AND OPERATION
- SENSORS AND SYSTEMS
- SERVERS AND SERVER FARM OPTIMIZATION
- SOCIAL MEDIA
- SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN)
- STORAGE MEDIA
- VIRTUAL MACHINES
- 3D MODELING SOFTWARE
- WEB INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY
- UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
- MECHANICAL DEVICES
- MICROELECTRONICS
- NANOTECHNOLOGY
- ELECTRONICS/ELECTRICAL DEVICES
- FIBER OPTICS
- OPTICS/LASER TECHNOLOGY
- RF TECHNOLOGY