Duncan Kitchin

About Duncan Kitchin

Accomplished technical expert for patent litigation & prosecution projects, with focus on integrated circuits, wireless systems, digital logic, and embedded software. Highly skilled in deep-dive analysis of product implementation from architecture to circuits. Particular skills in cold analysis of source code including RTL, firmware and driver code, and analysis of circuit level implementation from large scale reverse engineering reports.Wireless industry experience spanning almost 3 decades, with the last 10 years as an in-house technical expert at a major corporate patent group.Key technical contributor to many litigation matters, including more than a dozen appearances as a 30(b)(6) deponent in US District Court matters and witness at trial in two major cases in the Eastern District of Texas. Technical advisor for many matters before multiple US District Courts, the US ITC and German Federal Courts in Mannheim and Munich, in addition to IPRs before the USPTO and opposition actions at the EPO.Substantial experience in semiconductor product development including architecture level design, RTL coding, synthesis, physical layout and pre-and post-silicon validation.Significant experience as inventor, strategist and team lead for wireless patent prosecution projects. Named inventor on 28 granted US patents, with many counterparts in international jurisdictions. Conceived and led development of major strategic patent filing program covering 5G RF technology, pulling together a team of 67 inventors across multiple business units and 6 countries.Design lead for one of the first commercial Wi-Fi silicon devices, manufactured and marketed by Oki Semiconductor from 1995. Long time participant in wireless standards organizations, including as prolific contributor and task group vice chair at 802.11.

Experience

1. Senior Principal Engineer

   Intel

   Feb 2021 — Present · Hillsboro, OR, US

Education

• University of Cambridge

  BA (MA 1994), Electrical & Information Sciences

  1987 — 1990

• Durham University

  MSc, Microelectronics & IC Design

  1990 — 1991