Curriculum vitae

Registered patent agent, Reg. No. 79,070. Six years on AI/ML and semiconductor prosecution. MSc in computer science, 2026.

Experience

2020–Patent agent, F. Chau & AssociatesPreparation and prosecution of utility applications across hundreds of matters: semiconductors, display and sensor technologies, NLP, image processing, machine learning. Deep drafting experience with ML inventions, from transformer and convolutional architectures to series, audio, and image data, with a focus on securing the broadest defensible scope before the USPTO.
2013–Sole proprietor, Clarity Patent DrawingsPatent drawing practice serving multiple firms. Prominent work in next-generation gaming and virtual reality.
2018–20B2B engineer, Verizon Location ServicesSupported enterprise clients on the VLS/MapQuest API stack; maintained the MapQuest Android and iOS SDKs and built tooling for SDK test metrics.
2017–18Patent engineer, Fenix.aiSpecifications, office-action replies, and drawings, plus software development on automated patent-drafting and office-action tools. Managed and grew the client roster.

2026MSc, Computer ScienceCompleted summer 2026, 3.85 GPA. Project work on patent-review software and tooling.
2017BSc ×2, Colorado School of MinesComputer Science and Chemical Engineering.

Patent preparation & prosecutionTechnical writing, prior-art and inventive-step analysis, patent drawings (Visio, Illustrator), examiner interface through allowance.
Software engineeringJava, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++, Python. ML, NLP, and data work; API-driven applications; web development.