The Gikkas Law Firm

Professional Summary

Dr. Shu is a registered patent agent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.

She has extensive experience in patent prosecution in technology areas of semiconductor chip process, silicon photonics, OLED display, lasers, batteries, and microelectronics packaging, etc. Dr. Shu has over a decade of experience in successfully applying for patents for US and Chinese clients including multi-nationals and startups. She has accumulated years of experience in patent invalidity and non-infringement analysis for defending freedom of manufacturing as a patent manager of a large semiconductor chip maker. Dr. Shu successfully applies the rich knowledge and skills she acquired as a physicist researcher to her patent analysis work.

Work Experience:

  • Alston & Bird, LLP, Patent Agent, 2016-2024;
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), Senior Director of Patents, 2011-2016;
  • Hayes & Boone LLP, Patent Agent, 2008-2011;
  • Intel Corp, Staff Engineer, 1997-2008;
  • Stanford University Solid State Labs – research engineer
  • GE Center of Research Development – Staff Physicist
  • Stanford Research International – Postdoc physicist

EDUCATION

Columbia University, Ph.D. in Experimental Physics

Columbia University, MS in Physics

University of Science and Technology of China, MS in Physics

Language:

English and Mandarin

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