Ron Schoenbaum is a partner in our Orange County and Silicon Valley offices.  He specializes in patent protection for companies in the information technology and medical device areas.

Mr. Schoenbaum’s practice includes strategic patent procurement, general counseling on infringement and licensing issues, and intellectual property due diligence studies and related negotiations for mergers and acquisitions.  He also frequently conducts in-house seminars to assist clients in identifying and prioritizing patentable inventions.

Mr. Schoenbaum represents a variety of information technology companies in such areas as data caching and streaming, search engines, web analytics, application performance testing and monitoring, medical telemetry, social networks, web site personalization, computer and processor architectures, and digital signal processing.  Mr. Schoenbaum also has extensive experience in the areas of cardiac pacing and defibrillation, and medical devices and procedures involving the vascular system. 

A significant portion of Mr. Schoenbaum’s practice involves appeals, reissues, and other special proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Schoenbaum worked as an engineer for IBM’s Computer Products and Entry Systems divisions, where he was responsible for designing and developing processor cards and ASICs for workstations and mainframe computers.  During his employment at IBM, he was selected to participate in IBM’s Executive Resource (management fast track) program.

Mr. Schoenbaum joined the firm in 1993 and became a partner in 1998.