Patent Agent Profiles
Mark Protsik
MARK PROTSIK has been a registered patent agent since 1985. He received a B.A. (Physics) degree in 1982 from the University of California (Berkeley). His work relates to the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has included inventions in the fields of optical devices and systems, measuring and testing apparatuses, lasers, semiconductor fabrication processes, and solid state logic devices. Mark joined the firm in 1984.
Christopher M. Hall
CHRISTOPHER M. HALL received a BA (Physics) degree from Reed College (Portland, Oregon) in 1978 and a MS (Electrical & Computer Engineering) degree from the University of California (Santa Barbara) in 1981. From 1981-1997, he worked as an integrated circuit design engineer at National Semiconductor, in the following groups: Microprocessor, Microcontrollers, Embedded Technologies, Interactive Multimedia Group, LAN, Tools & Methodologies, Home Connectivity Products and Corporate Design Automation. In addition to experience defining and designing integrated circuit logic, architecture and microarchitecture, from entire chips down to blocks, sub-blocks, transistor circuits, library cells and input protection, he also has expertise in instrumentation, fault-tolerant computing, failure analysis, feasibility studies, methodology and working knowledge in areas of synchronous, asynchronous, digital and analog circuits, layout, testing, multichip packaging, semiconductor processing and fabrication. He is named as sole inventor on 6 and co-inventor on 8 patents in the semiconductor IC industry and coinventor on one patent in solar energy. He enjoys writing, teaching, inventing, innovation, reading and numerous hobbies.
