Spnecer Sun

Experience

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  Vanguard International Semiconductor Company

  Sept 1999 - May 2001

  Supervisor, Etch module

  Supervisor, Etch module  Managed and controlled the production output. Communicated with process/equipment engineers for production control. Managed the operators. Improved production lines.

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  Winbond

  May 2001 - Oct 2008

  inhouse patent engineer Searched for prior arts for invention disclosures and provided reports. Reviewed patent specifications and provided response opinions to office actions. Studied and analyzed patents for infringement issue; provided patent maps; evaluated patents to set up company’s patent portfolios. Communicated with PM/R&D staff to provide opinions.Highlights: Responsible for and participated in a project for patent licensing negotiations with IBM, including to check the use and confirm the validity of the patents through discussion with production lines and R&D staff, to search for prior arts for invalidating the patents, and to gather related information to form negotiation strategies. Supported to provide immediate opinions during negotiations, and reviewed the licensing agreement. Communicated with outside attorneys and coordinated related affairs in a U.S. patent infringement litigation brought by an NPE, including to study the patents and provide opinions on claim construction for Markman hearing, to form a preliminary non-infringement opinion through discussion with R&D staff, to handle discovery and litigation hold, and to review drafts of motions. Show less Process Engineer, Lithography module Maintained and improved production processes. Improved yield and quality of products.Highlights: Developed technical energy to control overlay parameter from out-spec, including to study the machine manual to understand the fundamental theory, and study and categorize continuously each out-spec case accordingly to establish SOP for judgment and handling. Cooperated with engineers from a Japanese supplier to test and assess a new process material for the replacement of an existing material, and assessed alone the impact and process stability in a separate plan to reduce an existing material. The reduction plan was adopted, and the assessment on the new material forced a price cut on the existing material. A total annual cost saving by millions of NT dollars was achieved. Show less

  • Superior patent engineer

    Apr 2004 - Oct 2008

  • Process Engineer, Lithography module

    May 2001 - Mar 2004
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  Epista

  Sept 2010 - Nov 2016

  Senior patent engineer

  inhouse patent engineer Searched for prior arts for invention disclosures and provide reports. Drafted Chinese/English patent specifications and responsed to office actions. Monitored competitors’ patents; drafted patents for patent portfolios deploy. Studied and analyzed patents for infringement issue; provided patent maps; evaluated patents for sale. Communicated with PM/R&D staff to provide opinions.Highlights: Drafted about 50 Chinese/English patent specifications and hundreds of responses to office actions. Initiated a TW patent infringing litigation against a competitor, including to acquire and reverse the competitor’s products, and estimate to decide suitable patents to assert; worked closely with outside attorneys and coordinated related affairs in the litigation, such as to perform or participate in related legal procedures, including a patent re-examination certificate application, notarization for the acquired product, perpetuation of evidence, complaints and responses filing, and provide rebuttal against patent invalidation. Show less

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  K****

  Dec 2016 - now

  Deputy Supervisor of IP Department (also as a Senior Patent Engineer)

  ▪ Search for prior arts for internal invention and provide reports.▪ Review drafts of patent specifications and responses to office actions.▪ Monitor competitors’ patents and industrial trend, and provide information to R&D.▪ Advise R&D on patent concern, including opinion for infringement risk and design around suggestion.▪ Handle patent dispute cases, invalidate competitor’s patents, and work accordingly with outside counsels.▪ Train and teach junior patent engineers. and Communicate with PM/R&D staff to provide opinions.▪ Monitor and Communicate with outside law firm for patent prosecution. Highlights:▪ Asist the Supervisor to run the IP department for near 70 new patent applications per year with about 50 million NT dollars yearly cost. Show less