With a focus on all aspects of patent prosecution and counseling, licensing, and due diligence, Lincoln Essig is totally dedicated to helping businesses at every phase of development build valuable patent portfolios in the U.S. and abroad. His industry skills are extensive, and include medical devices, software, electronics, and information technology, among others. He offers honed experience in big data analytics, data storage and backup, healthcare IT, non-invasive patient monitoring, medical device guidance, prosthetics, consumer electronics, analog circuits, and internet security.
A Super Lawyers magazine “Rising Star,” Lincoln goes out of his way to understand his clients’ businesses and distinct technologies. He is appreciated for crafting legal strategies that are uniquely tailored for each client’s patent portfolio and align with their commercial goals. Responsive, hard-working, diligent and conscientious, Lincoln’s personal drive to excel is reflected in the consistently high-quality work product he provides and his immutable commitment to safeguarding creativity.
Lincoln is particularly effective at taking the abstract and difficult aspects of complex innovations and distilling them into understandable concepts. Lincoln immerses himself in the technologies of his clients and leverages that knowledge to work productively with the Patent Office and expedite the patenting process. He is able to hone in on core issues that, once resolved, result in a far more streamlined and efficient approval process.
Prior to the law, Lincoln worked as an electrical engineering assistant at Space Dynamics Laboratory. While attending law school, he served as a law clerk for Senator Orrin G. Hatch on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, working on intellectual property issues.
The George Washington University Law School, J.D.
Utah State University, B.S., Electrical Engineering
District of Columbia Bar
State Bar of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Communications Technology
Cellular Networking & Communications
Internet Telephony
Low-Power Networks
Videoconferencing
Wireless Local Area Networks
Electrical, Semiconductor & Computer Technology
Electronics & Semiconductors
Healthcare Information Technology
Software & IT
Financial Services & Business Methods
Blockchain & Smart Contracts
Cloud Computing
Cryptocurrency & Encryption
Data Privacy
Dispute Resolution
Licensing & Indemnification
Open Source
Medical Devices & Procedures
Ablation Technology
Imaging
Minimally Invasive & Endoscopic Procedures
Robotics
Ultrasound
Transportation & Vehicles
Electronics (Audio / Video, Communication, Navigation, Security)
Fleet Management
Passenger Transportation
Audits
Design Patents
Due Diligence
Global Portfolio Management
Infringement Risk
IP Strategy
IP Transactions and Agreements
Licensing
Opinions Counseling
Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Patentability
Tech Transactions
Trade Secret
Trade Secret Protection Advice, Counseling, Employee & Nondisclosure Agreements
U.S. Patent Prosecution
Lincoln has repeatedly been named a “Washington D.C. Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine for his work in intellectual property law (2017-2019).
