Rolando González

Counsel

Costa Mesa
T +1.714.966.3507
F +1.714.754.6611

Overview

Rolando González is an experienced patent attorney who strives to deliver high quality results to clients by providing quality patent counsel with close attention to technical detail and by understanding clients’ business interests and needs. Rolando focuses his practice on patent procurement, patent diligence and patent litigation support across a wide array of technologies that includes wireless communications including 5G millimeter wave technology, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicle sensors, digital and analog circuits, semiconductor circuits and fabrication processes, solid-state storage devices, electrical power systems, electronic commerce systems and software applications. His clients include emerging and multinational Fortune 500 companies.

Rolando has extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, patent portfolio analyses and management, patent due diligence and freedom-to-operate analyses, as well as developing, strengthening, and managing his clients’ patent portfolios to maximize their commercial value.

Prior to practicing law, Rolando was an electrical engineer in the private aerospace industry in the research, design, development and integration of advanced military communication systems. In particular, he gained practical experience in high-speed routing and switching technologies, high-speed encryption system design, ASIC and FPGA chip development, cryptographic algorithm design, high-speed network processor design and multi-chip module FPGA emulation. 

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  • Represented Fortune 500 wireless technology company in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and international patent applications involving various wireless communication technologies including targeted protection based on 3GPP 5G wireless communication standards.
  • Represented Fortune 500 storage technology company in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. patent applications involving NAND flash storage technologies.
  • Represented Fortune 100 information technology company in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and international patent applications involving various computer technologies including search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, electronic commerce and consumer electronics.
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Experience

  • Represented Fortune 500 wireless technology company in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and international patent applications involving various wireless communication technologies including targeted protection based on 3GPP 5G wireless communication standards.
  • Represented Fortune 500 storage technology company in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. patent applications involving NAND flash storage technologies.
  • Represented Fortune 100 information technology company in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and international patent applications involving various computer technologies including search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, electronic commerce and consumer electronics.
  • Counseled clients on export control regulations including export control classification of various electronic and semiconductor technologies.

Recognitions and Memberships

Recognitions

  • Southern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2020 to 2022)

Memberships

  • Federal Bar Association, Orange County Chapter
  • Orange County Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • California Lawyers Association, Intellectual Property

Prior Positions

  • Metawave Corporation: Patent Counsel
  • Safenet Mykotronx: ASIC Design Engineer 
  • Northrop Grumman Space Technology: Digital Design Engineer 

Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • California

Education

  • J.D., Southwestern Law School, 2011
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2005
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2001

Languages

  • Spanish