David Longo
Dr. Longo’s patent law practice includes client counseling, patent prosecution, opinions of counsel, and district court litigation. Dr. Longo’s experience encompasses a range of technical areas, including semiconductor materials and devices, semiconductor processing and characterization, photovoltaics, nanotechnology, advanced materials (including alloys and composites), alternative lithography technologies, fiber optics/optoelectronics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), medical devices, electronic communication devices, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and focused ion beam (FIB) microscopy/micromachining.
Prior to his legal career, Dr. Longo's experience in semiconductor materials and nanotechnology includes six years of research in thin film analysis and nanoscale printing technology while earning his M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Virginia. Dr. Longo’s Ph.D. research significantly contributed to a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project for development of a nanoscale printing technology for electronic materials and devices applicable to both planar and curved surfaces. His dissertation was entitled "Development of a Deep Submicron Printing Technology." Dr. Longo’s M.S. academic research involved FIB microscopy, along with analytical and high resolution TEM to study nanoscale thin film deposition onto single-crystal silicon surfaces. From 1998 to 2000, Dr. Longo received five awards for his research and scholastic activities while a graduate student, and published several papers in such journals as Applied Physics Letters and Ultramicroscopy as well as conference proceedings.
Dr. Longo has lectured on current developments in U.S. patent law and the patenting process at technical meetings for the American Chemical Society (ACS), Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a joint ASM International / The Minerals Metals & Materials Society (TMS) conference. He has also presented several talks on alternative nanoscale printing technologies at technical conferences and seminars.
