Lance D. Smemoe is a partner in our Orange County office.
Mr. Smemoe’s practice focuses on all aspects of patent prosecution, licensing, due diligence, enforcement, and counseling. He helps businesses build valuable patent portfolios for inventions in the fields of physics and optics, medical devices, software, electronics, and business methods. He provides advice on patent infringement, validity, appeals, post-grant proceedings, and portfolio strategy.
His technical experience includes medical devices associated with vial access technology, non-invasive and invasive patient monitoring, spectroscopic analysis, laparoscopic procedures, drug delivery, healthcare IT, robotic endoscopy, and radiation therapy. Other areas of technical emphasis include semiconductor fabrication, vapor deposition processes, high performance computing, wireless charging, LED lighting, daylighting, optical filtering, ophthalmic devices, and advanced heating and cooling.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Smemoe served as a law clerk for an ICANN-approved domain name dispute resolution service provider. He was a summer associate with the firm in 2005 and also worked as a law clerk at other intellectual property law firms.
Mr. Smemoe joined the firm in 2006 and became a partner in 2012.
University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., Director of the University of Minnesota Intellectual Property Moot Court
Brigham Young University, B.S., Applied Physics, Minors in Chemistry and Mathematics
State Bar of California
U.S. District Court – Central District of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Communications Technology
Cellular Networking & Communications
Fiber Optic Networks
Internet Telephony
Low-Power Networks
Radio
Wireless Local Area Networks
Consumer Products & Services
Aesthetics & Personal Care Products
Food & Beverage
Electrical, Semiconductor & Computer Technology
Electronics & Semiconductors
Healthcare Information Technology
Software & IT
Energy
Clean Technology
Energy Conservation
Energy Efficient Technologies
Green Building & Construction
Lighting
Fashion & Beauty
Sunglasses
Financial Services & Business Methods
Blockchain & Smart Contracts
Cloud Computing
Cryptocurrency & Encryption
Data Privacy
Dispute Resolution
Licensing & Indemnification
Open Source
Medical Devices & Procedures
AI & Machine Learning
Dental Devices
Diagnostics
Drug Eluting & Drug Delivery Devices
Glucose Monitoring & Insulin Infusion
Imaging
Infusion Pumps
Medical Informatics & Software Systems
Mental Health & Wellness
Oncology
Vital Signs, Physiologic, & Hemodynamic Monitoring
Transportation & Vehicles
Aerospace & Space Technology
Air conditioning / Heating systems
Automotive Transportation & Powersports
Batteries
Electronics (Audio / Video, Communication, Navigation, Security)
Passenger Transportation
Audits
Covered Business Method (CBM)
Design Patents
Due Diligence
Global Portfolio Management
Infringement Risk
Inter Partes Review (IPR)
IP Strategy
IP Transactions and Agreements
Licensing
Opinions Counseling
Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Patentability
Post-Grant
PostGrant Review (PGR)
PTAB Overview
Tech Transactions
Trade Secret
Trade Secret Protection Advice, Counseling, Employee & Nondisclosure Agreements
U.S. Patent Prosecution
Orange County Bar Association, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Section
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
