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Academic Background
J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law
(expected 2010)
Ph.D., Electrical
Engineering, University of Washington (1999)
M.S., Electrical
Engineering, University of Washington (1998)
B.S., Electrical
Engineering, University of Washington (1996)
Areas of Technology
-- Digital, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuits
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System and device level integrated circuits
-- Semiconductor
devices and processes
-- Networking technology: hardware and
software
-- Software-based design and verification of digital
systems
Experience
Dr. Thorp began his legal career as a patent agent
at SanDisk, where he performed patent analyses in support of patent
litigation and licensing activities. Dr. Thorp has extensive
industry experience in the areas of microprocessor and semiconductor
memory design.
Prior to his legal career, he worked on
state-of-the-art non-volatile semiconductor memory designs at
SanDisk and Matrix Semiconductor (acquired by SanDisk) and
next-generation microprocessor designs at Sun Microsystems.
Dr. Thorp holds 47 U.S. Patents and was previously an Affiliate
Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the
University of Washington.
Honors and
Membership
-- Dean’s Fellow, Santa Clara University
School of Law
-- Articles Editor, Santa Clara Law Review
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Honor Moot Court, Semi-finalist
-- Witkin Award for Academic
Excellence, Technology and the Regulation of Competition
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Invited embedded tutorial, "Design and analysis of power
distribution networks in high performance microprocessors," 2001
International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
Admissions
United
States Patent & Trademark Office (2006)
Selected
Publications
| -- “Testing the
Limits of Patent Exhaustion’s Authorized Sale Requirement Using
Current High-Tech Licensing Practices,” 50 Santa Clara L. Rev.
(forthcoming 2010) |
| -- "512 Mbit PROM with a
3-Dimensional Array of Diode/Antifuse Memory Cells," Journal of
Solid-State Circuits, Nov. 2003 |
| -- "Design and Synthesis of Dynamic
Circuits," Transactions on VLSI Systems, Feb. 2003 |
| -- "Analysis of Blocking Dynamic Circuits," 2002 International
Conference on Computer Design |
| -- "IC Power Distribution
Challenges," 2001 International Conference on Computer-Aided
Design |
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