Vanessa Yazicigil

IP Attorney

Areas of Expertise

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics
  • Computing Systems and Software
  • Medical Devices and Femtech
  • Semiconductors, Fabrication, and Manufacturing
  • Electronics
  • Aerospace, Transportation, and Energy
  • Consumer Products
  • Telecommunications and Networking
  • Mechanical and Industrial Designs

Education

  • JD, magna cum laude,
    Lewis & Clark Law School
  • BS, cum laude, Portland State
    University, Computer Engineering

Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • State Bar of Oregon

Languages

  • English
  • Turkish

Interests

  • Hiking, backpacking, and
    anything else in nature
  • Reading historical fiction
  • Classical guitar

Vanessa Yazicigil, a registered U.S. patent attorney, has a passion for technology and working with innovators to learn about their vision and ideas and craft strategies to achieve their intellectual property and business goals.

Her practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution, as well as patent portfolio management and patent litigation support.

Vanessa has extensive experience in technologies including computer architecture and processor design, computer memory and storage technologies, semiconductor manufacturing, computer graphics and media, machine learning, neural networks, computer vision, AI processors, semiconductor device packaging, virtual, augmented, and mixed reality systems, autonomous systems, renewable energy and smart grid technologies, cloud computing infrastructure and operations, video game consoles, optics, lasers, sensors, internet of things, and photonics.