The MOTS LAW Team

All owners and all managers of Mots Law have technical degrees and are licensed to practice patent law in their respective home countries.

U.S. Patent Practice at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Marvin Motsenbocker Ph.D.  J.D.   Manager of DC office and responsible for all US Legal Practice
Admitted in Washinton, D.C. and New York   Technical fields: Electronics and Chemistry

Dr. Motsenbocker formerly was a Biochemistry Faculty member, electronics broadcast engineer and a research scientist in medical diagnostics in the U.S. and Japan.  Dr. Motsenbocker holds patents in the area of electronic control systems and related engineering.

Attorney Motsenbocker specializes in legal opinions and aggressive patent strategies.

Jonathan Grant M.S. J.D.
Admitted in New York and the District of Columbia, Admitted to practice at the PTO
Technical fields: Biochemistry, basic engineering
Mr. Grant specializes in biotech (cell biology, microbiology, virology, vaccines) and mechanical engineering patent applications.

Raj Bawa  Ph.D.

Dr.Bawa is admitted to practice at the PTO and specializes in nanotechnology and biochemistry.  Dr. Bawa is also an adjunct professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a former primary PTO examiner.  Dr. Bawa specializes in opinions and in solving difficult patent prosecution issues at the PTO.

Robert Hanson M.S. J.D.*  limited to consumer electronics and  biotech representation at the PTO

Mr. Hanson has a masters degree in engineering.  He specializes in consumer electronics, software, and biomedical inventions, outside of the telecommunications field. 

Steve Huang E.E.  J.D.*  limited to consumer electronics and mechanical engineering representation at the PTO
Mr. Huang specializes in all aspects of engineering, particularly electrical engineering, but excludes the telecommunications field.

Daniel Steinberg  B.S. Physics 

Japanese Patent Practice

Masahiro Osaka  B.S. EE (from Miyoshi & Miyoshi USA) **  

Japanese Patent Attorney 

Technical Fields: Electronics, software, telecommunications
Mr. Osaka is a former electronics and computer engineer from a major computer company.  He has over 10 years of patenting experience in the areas of automobiles and consumer electronics.  Mr. Osaka specializes in opinions and licensing as well as patent prosecution in both the U.S. and Japan.

Sohbe Suzuki  Ph.D. Semiconductor Fabrication **

Japanese Patent Attorney

Technical Fields: semiconductor electronics, crystal growth, vacuumscience, photochemistry, optoelectronics, computer technology, information processing.

Ichitaro Ito B.S. EE **  

Japanese Patent Attorney

Mr. Ito specializes in telecommunications and computer systems.

European Practice at the European Patent Office

Robert Harrison  Ph.D.  Electrical engineering*** and semiconductor fabrication 

European and German Patent Attorney  

Dr. Harrison specializes in software, database patenting, semiconductors and telecommunications.

Klaus Hinkelmann  Ph.D.  Chemistry***
European and German Patent Attorney  

Dr. Hinkelman specializes in all aspects of chemistry and in appellate practice at the European Patent Office.

Chinese Practice at the Chinese Patent Office

Hao Qiugfen  M.S.  Materials Engineering  ****

Chinese Patent Attorney,   owner and manager of China Dragon Patent Agency

Ms. Hao spends her time equally between her Tokyo branch office and her main office in Beijing, China, where she employs more than 10 patent attorneys in a variety of technical fields.

Practice field information:

*  Limited to consumer electronics practice from another firm (www.h2tlg.com)

** limited to Japanese practice from another firm.

*** Limited to European practice from another firm.

**** Limited to Chinese practice from another firm.