Klarquist » Andrew M. Mason

Andrew M. Mason

Partner

Portland Office

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Overview

Andy’s practice encompasses all aspects of patent law, with a focus on litigation and USPTO post-grant review proceedings. He has successfully argued before the Federal Circuit, the Patent Trials and Appeal Board (PTAB), and before federal district courts at Markman and summary judgment hearings.

A registered patent attorney and former circuit designer, Andy also has prosecuted patents on technologies including electronic design automation (EDA), telecommunications, network infrastructure, media CODECs, and control systems. He also has extensive experience working with foreign counsel on global patent litigation strategies, and participated in patent trials in both Germany and the U.K.

Andy joined Klarquist in 2011 as a lateral associate and became partner in 2017.

Education

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, 2007
B.S., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1999

Admissions

Oregon, 2011
Minnesota, 2007 (inactive)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2009 (Reg. No. 64,034)
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Practice Areas

Post-Grant USPTO Proceedings
Litigation
Patents
Intellectual Property Counseling

Technologies

Electrical & Semiconductors
Medical Devices & Diagnostics
Software & Internet Technology

Languages

Spanish

Professional Experience

Carlson Caspers Vandenburgh & Lindquist | Associate, 2006 – 2011 | Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States District Court, District of Minnesota | Extern to Judge James M. Rosenbaum, 2005 | Minneapolis, Minnesota
LSI Logic Corporation | ASIC Design Engineer, 2000 – 2004 | Bloomington, Minnesota
Micron Technologies | Process Engineer Co-op, 1997 | Boise, Idaho

Professional Activities

Federal Circuit Bar Association, Vice Chair of the PTO Committee, 2018
Chair, Oregon Patent Law Association Salishan Patent Law Conference, 2016 and 2014
Former President, Oregon Patent Law Association
Officer, Oregon Patent Law Association
Managing Editor, University of Minnesota Law School Law Review, 2007

Honors & Awards

IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals | 2018 – 2023
Who’s Who Legal | 2024

Presentations & Publications

Increasing Diversity in Innovation, Lewis & Clark Law School, April 1, 2022
Patent Law Year in Review, Oregon State Bar IP Section, February 18, 2022
Patent Law Review, Intellectual Property Review – Updates and Changes from 2018, Oregon State Bar CLE, February 2019
“Using a Phillips Construction in all PTAB Trials: The Impact on District Court Patent Actions and PTAB Proceedings,” 18 Chi. -Kent J. Intell. Prop. 1 (2019) (coauthor)
“From Chevron to Cuozzo: Round II: A Closer Look at Administrative Law Issues in PTO Proceedings,” Federal Circuit Bar Association panel discussion and Webinar, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2017
“From Chevron to Cuozzo: Practical Impacts of Administrative Law on PTO Proceedings,” Federal Circuit Bar Association panel discussion and Webinar, Washington, D.C., December 6, 2016
Patent Defenses & Patent Law Forecast, Nike Campus, Beaverton, OR, April 1, 2016 (co-presented with Chris Carraway)
Advanced Tips For U.S. Patent Prosecution and Litigation, Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA, March 29, 2016 (co-presented with John Vandenberg)
Creative and Strategic Claim Drafting, Oregon State Bar, Intellectual Property Section, January 2016
Discovery in U.S. Patent Litigation, presented as part of Seminar on Patent Discovery Proceedings, Munich, Germany, May 19, 2015
Case Law and Claim Drafting: Impact of Recent Court Decisions, Oregon State Bar, Intellectual Property Section, July 2012
Throwing Out the (Electronic) Trash: True Deletion Would Soothe E-Discovery Woes, 7 MINN. J. L. SCI. & TECH. 777 (2006)