OCIPLA’s October 2019 Luncheon Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Location: Andrei’s Conscious Cuisine, 2607 Main Street, Irvine, CA 92614 Topic: Expediting Patent Prosecution     Speaker Howard J. Klein   Mr. Klein is a registered patent attorney with over thirty years of experience in patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, opinion work, and litigation. Mr. Klein has written and prosecuted hundreds of patents in a wide variety of technologies. He has been engaged extensively in validity and infringement opinions, and he has experience in the litigation of all aspects of IP: Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Mr. Klein has served clients throughout the United States, as well as Europe, Taiwan, and Australia. Clients include start-up companies, and corporations of all sizes, including Fortune 500® companies.   Education Juris Doctor, Duke University (1975) B.S. in Physics, M.I.T. (1972) Practice Areas Patent and Trademark Prosecution, Licensing, Infringement and Validity Opinions, Litigation Support Technology Areas Mechanical and Electrical Technologies, including Medical Devices, Semiconductor Processing, Electronic Components, Systems and Instrumentation, Optics, Microwave Transmission and Reception