Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
From the minute you walk through our doors, you'll become a valuable part of a team that fosters a culture of innovation, client service and collegiality.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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Jianping (James) Wu is a Senior Technical Advisor in the firm’s Electrical Patent Prosecution Practice Group providing advice and counsel to the firm’s members and clients in the areas of patent prosecution, patent litigation, patent enforcement and cross-licensing. Mr. Wu prepares and prosecutes patent applications with high technical complexity in various fields of art, including 4G/5G mobile communication standards, video coding standards (HEVC/VVC), analog/digital integrated circuits, automotive technologies, computer networks, medical devices, and semiconductor devices, etc.
Mr. Wu has thirteen years of work experience in the Chinese telecommunications and Internet industry. Working in the areas of network design, product development and operation management, he has developed expertise in PSTN networks and signaling systems, operation support systems, access networks, mobile communication networks and technologies, broadband access networks, domain name systems and many other communications technologies.