- Admitted
- Ohio, 2022
- USPTO
- Reg. No. 80,307 (Attorney), registered 2021
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Ningjiao Zhang
Patent Attorney, Member
- Education
- J.D., summa cum laude, Capital University Law School
- M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tianjin University
- Technical focus
- Semiconductor devices and fabrication, wireless communication (LTE/5G SEPs), vehicle sensing and control, circuits
Ningjiao Zhang is a patent attorney, admitted to practice in Ohio and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She has worked full time at Eschweiler & Potashnik since 2013 and has drafted and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in semiconductor devices and fabrication, wireless communication (including LTE/5G standard-essential patents, or SEPs), vehicle sensing and control, and circuits. Ningjiao has worldwide filing and prosecution experience and regularly advises clients on patent portfolio strategy. Working with foreign counsel, she manages international cellular portfolios for a cellphone manufacturer, including PCT applications and regional proceedings in Europe, China, Korea, and other jurisdictions. She also analyzes competitors’ applications and patents and provides freedom-to-operate opinions and invalidation strategies.
Ningjiao received her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Capital University Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review, and completed an externship with Justice Patrick DeWine of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Before law school, she earned a Master of Science from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University, with a concentration in solid-state devices. In two years at Ohio State, she completed both the research-based thesis path and the course-based project path, with grades in the top 10%. Her graduate research focused on characterizing high-power, high-frequency III-V semiconductor devices, including physical simulation and computer modeling. She received her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with a concentration in optoelectronics, from Tianjin University, China. Ningjiao is fluent in Chinese and English.