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 the Washington office and responsible for all U.S. Legal Practice.
Admitted in the District of Columbia, New York and to the PTO and Federal Circuit.
Technical fields: Electronics and Chemistry
Dr. Motsenbocker was formerly 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.

David Orange B.S.E.E., J.D., LL.M.
Admitted in the District of Columbia and to the PTO, D.D.C. and Federal Circuit.
Mr. Orange leads the emerging business practice.  Prior to law school, he researched integrated circuits in industrial and academic labs.  Mr. Orange serves on the University of Washington Law School's Alumni Board and the MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington's Board.

Reina Kakimoto LL.M.
Admitted in New York and to the PTO.
Technical fields: Physiology, immunology, microbiology, genetics, and semiconductor
Ms. Kakimoto specializes in all aspects of trademark law practice (trademark prosecution, availability/infringement opinion), utility/design patent prosecution and patent litigation support. With her excellent Japanese-English bilingual skills, her timely reports and correspondence with Japanese clients in Japanese have been invaluable during fast-paced litigation procedures.

Jonathan Grant M.S., J.D.
Admitted in the District of Columbia, New York and to 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.
Admitted to the PTO.
Dr. Bawa 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.

Daniel Steinberg B.S. Physics
Admitted to the PTO.
Mr. Steinberg, a patent agent, has deep experience in electronics and physics-related patenting.

Gary Fritz Ph.D. Physics
Admitted to the PTO
Dr. Fritz has extensive research and patent analysis experience in electrophotographic systems such as copy machines and printers.

Todd Voeltz B.S.E.E.
Admitted to the PTO.
Mr. Voeltz, a former examiner, has extensive experience in a range of electronics technologies.

Howard Greenwald B.S.E., J.D. (of counsel)
Admitted in New York and to the PTO.
Mr. Greenwald has obtained more than 400 patents during his 25 years of experience in the materials science and other engineering fields.  Mr. Greenwald was formerly a primary examiner at the USPTO.

Japanese Patent Practice at the Japanese Patent Office

Masahiro Osaka B.S.E.E. (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.E.E. *
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 Japanese practice from another firm.
**  Limited to European practice from another firm.
*** Limited to Chinese practice from another firm.