Jordan Becker
With more than 30 years of experience, Jordan successfully secures patents for his clients across a wide range of technologies, including complex software, electronics, mechanical devices, and optics.
A trusted advisor for clients from startups to Fortune 100 companies, Jordan Becker has obtained more than 1,000 patents in his career. He builds, manages, and improves large patent portfolios for mature companies and guides startup clients and entrepreneurs through the intellectual property (IP) protection process.
Jordan is passionate about using his skills and experience to give his clients a competitive advantage in the marketplace. To protect clients' investments in research and development, he develops customized patent strategies, applies for and obtains patents, and builds patent portfolios that support his clients’ business goals. He is committed to understanding each client’s business in order to deliver high-quality, tailored solutions.
A former engineer in the aerospace industry, Jordan has patented his clients’ innovations across industries and technologies, including space tech, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), robotics, medical devices, wireless communications (802.11, 5G), cybersecurity, virtual reality/augmented reality/mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), 3D printing, network storage, image processing, display systems, speech recognition, solar cells, and integrated circuit (IC) design and fabrication.
Jordan counsels clients on third-party patents and has defeated third-party patent claims at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He also performs analyses and due diligence for patent acquisitions and monetization and for corporate transactions. Jordan has been recommended by Intellectual Asset Management for patent prosecution and speaks frequently on topics in IP law.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law, J.D., cum laude
- University of Connecticut, B.S., Electrical Engineering
Bar and Court Admissions
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California
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Related Employment
- Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP, Partner, Sunnyvale, CA, 2000-2008
- Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP, Associate, Sunnyvale, CA, 1994-1999
- McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, Engineer / Scientist, Huntington Beach, CA, 1988-1991
Professional Recognition
Featured in IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists, 2024
Recommended for patent prosecution by Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000, 2013-2016
Listed as "Top Patent Prosecutor" by The Patent Research Review (www.PatentBuddy.com), 2011-2012
Recognized for outstanding pro bono work by Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco
Impact
Professional Leadership
- High-Technology Law Section of Santa Clara County Bar Association (SCCBA), Chair, 2013
- Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA)
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- American Bar Association (ABA), Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
Insights
Professional Experience
Representative Patents
- U.S. 11,700,205 – Optimal Control of Network Traffic Visibility Resources and Distributed Traffic Processing Resource Control System
- U.S. 11,220,979 – Liquid-Cooled Air-Breathing Rocket Engine
- U.S. 11,115,294 – Automatic Dynamic Determination of Data Traffic Sampling Policy in a Network Visibility Appliance
- U.S. 11,067,825 – Display System Providing Concentric Light Field and Monocular-To-Binocular Hybridization
- U.S. 11,045,080 – Ingestible Device With Propulsion Capabilities
- U.S. 10,560,468 – Window-Based Rarity Determination Using Probabilstic Suffix Trees for Network Security Analysis
- U.S. 10,135,848 – Network Security Threat Detection Using Shared Variable Behavior Baseline
- U.S. 9,251,743 – Optical System for Head-Up and Near-To-Eye Displays
Representative Patent Clients
Intel
Represented Intel in its $375 million acquisition of 1700 wireless patents and patent applications, primarily related to 3G, LTE and 802.11 technologies, from InterDigital, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Represented Microsoft in patent prosecution relating to augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology, including near-eye display (NED) and head-mounted display (HMD) devices.
Gigamon Inc.
Represented Gigamon in patent prosecution and strategic IP counseling relating to network traffic visibility technology.
Splunk, Inc.
Represented Splunk in patent prosecution and patent analysis relating to software for searching, monitoring and analyzing machine-generated “big data.”
Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions (MARS), Inc.
Represented MARS in patent prosecution and strategic IP counseling relating to air-breathing rocket engines.
Brelyon, Inc.
Represented Brelyon in patent prosecution and strategic IP counseling relating to advanced panoramic display technology.
NetApp Inc.
Represented NetApp in patent prosecution, strategic IP counseling and third party patent analyses and opinions relating to network storage systems (e.g., Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Network (SAN)) and related storage management technologies.
ADAC Laboratories (acquired by Philips)
Represented ADAC in patent prosecution, strategic IP counseling, and third party patent analyses and opinions relating to tomographic medical imaging systems.
Stryker Endoscopy Corporation
Represented Stryker in patent prosecution, strategic IP counseling and third party patent analyses and opinions relating to endoscopic medical devices and related instruments and support equipment.
Representative Patent Post-Grant Clients
Google Inc.
Represented Google in inter partes reexaminations of third-party software patents asserted against Google. Obtained judgment by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding all claims under reexamination to be unpatentable in inter partes reexamination 95/001,333.
HTC Corporation
Represented HTC in inter partes reexaminations of third-party communications patents asserted against HTC. Obtained judgment by Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding all claims of patent to be unpatentable in inter partes reexamination 95/001,212. Also served as lead counsel for HTC before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a subsequent appeal by the patent owner, where the patent owner withdrew appeal after full briefing on the merits, preserving HTC victory.
Zillow Inc.
Represented Zillow in inter partes reexaminations of third-party patents asserted against Zillow, et. al. Obtained judgments by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding all claims of three asserted patents to be unpatentable in reexaminations 95/001,435, 95/001,436 and 95/001,437.
Covered Business Method (CBM) Review
CMB2013-00025 (represented petitioner LinkedIn Corporation)
Inter Partes Reexaminations
- 95/001333 (represented requester Google Inc.)
- 95/002014 (represented requester Google Inc.)
- 95/001212 (represented requester HTC Corporation)
- 95/001210 (represented requester HTC Corporation)
- 95/001435 (represented requesters Zillow, Inc. et al.)
- 95/001436 (represented requesters Zillow, Inc. et al.)
- 95/001437 (represented requesters Zillow, Inc. et al.)