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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

Industry

Representative Patents

Patent #: 6,608,271
Method Of Dynamically Lighting Keyboard Glyphs

Patent #: 6,687,846
System And Method For Error Handling And Recovery

Patent #: 6,727,856
Antenna System For A Wireless Device

Patent #: 6,741,232
User Interface For A Data Processing Apparatus

Patent #: 6,978,218
System And Method For Testing Applications At The Presentation Layer

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