Stuart T.F. Huang

Partner

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Stuart T. F. Huang is a partner and registered patent attorney with the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Intellectual Property group.  His practice includes technology protection concentrating on electronic communication and electrical engineering, but with additional experience in mechanical, biomedical, and chemical inventions.  Mr. Huang's legal practice includes all phases of practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office, litigation in Federal Courts, Section 337 proceedings before the US International Trade Commission, counseling on intellectual property acquisition strategy, and intellectual property due diligence.

Mr. Huang's litigation experience includes patent and technical trade secret actions pertaining to:

• desktop publishing (settled)
• optical disk technology (successful verdict)
• micro-controllers (settled)
• computer architectures and boot processes (settled)
• semiconductor chip designs (settled)
• radio frequency filters (settled)
• electronic aircraft controls (settled)
• computer security techniques (settled)
• automotive engines (settled)
• aircraft manufacturing technology (settled)
• pharmaceutical compositions (settled on appeal)
• cereal food processing (settled)
• hand lotion formulations (successful appeal)
• digital cameras (settled)
• electronic payment systems (successful ruling on the merits)
• electrical signal grounding and shielding (settled)
• electronic passports (pending)
• pre-paid mobile phone service (pending)
• food manufacturing equipment (pending)

Other technologies involved in Mr. Huang's legal representations include:

• satellite and terrestrial communication systems
• digital image processing
• cryptography
• video distribution
• optical data storage and playback
• digital content distribution
• integrated voice and data networks
• computer intrusion detection and response
• network authentication and authorization protocols
• asynchronous data processing
• inventory tracking
• tera-byte sized online databases
• data mining and knowledge extraction
• electronic marketplaces
• image intensifier tubes (night vision)
• quantum computing
• pseudo-random noise coding and correlation techniques
• parallel processing
• neural networks and fuzzy logic
• semiconductor chip design and fabrication
• electronic money
• intelligent transportation
• noise reduction circuitry
• clock generators and phase-lock loop design
• radar
• aircraft controls
• electrically conductive adhesives
• thermal printing
• solid state lasers
• chemical and biological warfare agent detection
• fiber optics
• spacecraft docking systems

After receiving his Bachelor of Engineering Science degree from The Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Huang joined the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group of United Technologies, where he engaged in research and development of microprocessor-based engine controls.  Mr. Huang next served as a design engineer at Fairchild Industries Space and Electronics Company, where he designed electronic equipment and systems, including time division multiple access (TDMA) communications equipment, satellite earth station equipment, and avionics equipment. 

Success Stories

• Steptoe Team Arranges $40 Million Settlement for Ampex

Speaking Engagements

• Steptoe Hosts Section 337 Teleconference, February 23, 2006, (A Steptoe-sponsored event)
• Patent Law Reform Teleconference, November 17, 2005, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Patent Reform Teleconference, June 28, 2005, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)

Publications

• Implications of Patent Reform
  Who Wins, Who Loses? Executive Summary and Update from 6/28/05 Teleconference
  July 29, 2005

Professional Affiliations

• Vice-Chair, Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Patent Litigation Committee
• Member, IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee
• US Patent and Trademark Office