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Thomas C. Webster | Partner
Office: Silicon Valley
Phone: 408-720-8300
Fax: 408-720-8383
thomas_webster@bstz.com
Tom Webster joined the firm in 1998 and is a member of the Patent Practice Group. Tom concentrates his practice on drafting reexaminations; conducting offensive and defensive patent reviews; counseling and rendering opinions on third party patents; and providing technical support during litigation (e.g., drafting invalidity contentions, assisting with expert reports, identifying prior art). He also prosecutes patent applications and manages patent portfolios in a wide range of technical fields including microprocessor architecture, computer architecture, software (including enterprise and Internet software), digital communication systems, IP telephony, digital signal processing, and networking (both wired and wireless). Tom’s clients include start-ups, mid-sized companies and Fortune 100 companies.
Expertise
IP Related Business TransactionsLitigationLitigation SupportPatent
Industry
Applied PhysicsCommunicationsComputer/Related TechnologiesElectronicsGreen TechnologiesInternet TechnologiesMechanicalSemiconductor
Representative Patents
Patent #: 6,353,422
Virtual display system and method
Patent #: 6,687,846
System And Method For Error Handling And Recovery
Patent #:6,978,218
System And Method For Testing Applications At The Presentation Layer
Patent #: 7,168,064
System and method for file caching in a distributed program build environment
Patent #: 7,418,053
System and method for distributed input-distributed output wireless communications
Bar Admissions
CA, Bar # 199053
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California (1998)
Law School
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Law School Distinctions:
Chicago-Kent Law Review, High Honors/Order of the Coif
Undergraduate/Graduate Education
Northwestern
B.S., Electrical Engineering
Degree Distinctions:
Dean's List
PTO Reg. #: 46,154
Assistant Contact Information
Carla Vignola
Phone: 408-720-8300
carla_vignola@bstz.com
Janece Shannon
Phone: 408-720-8300
janece_shannon@bstz.com
