Qi Tong

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ABOUT QI TONG

Peter Tong is a patent attorney at Russ August Kabat. After completing a clerkship with the Honorable Alan D Albright, U.S. District Judge, Peter now acts as lead counsel on patent cases throughout the country and as local counsel for parties in the Western District of Texas. He draws on his electrical engineering background and patent prosecution experience to win cases that involve complex technology and procedural histories. Peter has represented companies in numerous patent lawsuits and recently helped a client secure a jury verdict for hundreds of millions of dollars. He has won inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the USPTO and matters for both plaintiffs and defendants before federal courts. In addition to patent litigation, Peter has also handled cases regarding theft of trade secrets and breach of confidentiality. Peter filed and managed patent applications in a variety of fields including: computer architecture, memory design, analog circuits, digital circuits, processors, online searching, online advertising, software, semiconductor fabrication, cooling systems, power devices and circuits, power generation and distribution systems, server systems, mobile devices, semiconductor materials, and wireless communications devices. Various services performed for clients include drafting patent applications, responding to office actions, filing appeals, advising on strategies for broadening patent portfolio protection, writing freedom to operate opinions, performing patent searches, and assisting startups to acquire initial patent protection for their products.