Jack D. Grimes, Ph.D.
Dr. Grimes has over 35 years experience in the computer, Internet and video graphics industries with ServiceHub, Visa International, ICVerify, Taligent, Mass Microsystems, Intel, IT&T, and Tektronix. Mr. Grimes has also served as an independent consultant and expert witness in Internet commerce, Java, ASP, Unix, NT, scalability, security and payments, data security, chip cards, credit and debit cards, SET and ACH methods, computer graphics and TV video platforms, video capture and overlay systems, video display devices, ASIC design, compressed video, digital satellite TV technologies, and various internet platform architectures. He has developed Internet technology architecture with wireless data to SMS and browsers for mobile phones, chip card technology for Visa with internet payment systems, object-oriented applications for IBM, Apple and HP, video peripherals and graphic ASIC`s. Dr. Grimes has testified as an expert witness in numerous patent cases involving payment systems, computer systems and displays, e-commerce, automated trading systems, ASIC`s, LCD panel controllers, remote image capture, wireless technology, 3D graphics, CRT monitors, power saving circuits, and video display and graphic systems. Dr. Grimes has testified in numerous ITC, Markman and Federal patent cases and has published many articles in the aforementioned technologies. He received BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1965, 1968 and 1970, respectively and a MS degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oregon in 1981. View Full CV

Michael J. Potel, Ph.D.
Dr. Potel has over 35 years experience in the Computer and Software industries with Taligent, Apple Computer and the University of Chicago. Dr. Potel has also served as an independent consultant and expert witness in Internet commerce, Java, Internet software, User Interfaces, 3D Imaging, personal computing, object-oriented systems, computer graphics, software IP and various operating systems. He has developed products with Java and C++ class libraries, tools and component based groupware, Apple Computer-Macintosh products, OS, QuickTime, QuickDraw, TrueType, AppleScript, MAC ROM`s, multimedia products and Apple II, graphics cards, video, sound and speech cards and chips, RISC, Apple MIDI interface and various systems applications. Dr. Potel has been an expert witness in numerous patent cases involving graphics projection systems, 3D graphic and video processors, printer halftone dithering technology, web servers, e-commerce, browsers, 2D and 3D in CAD systems, Java databases, WEB authoring systems, wireless messaging and email protocols, object-oriented software development tools, game systems graphics, WAP/WML Internet and object technology, video interfaces and Internet image displays. Dr. Potel has testified in numerous Federal patent cases, Markman hearings, and has published many articles and journal publications in the aforementioned technologies. He received a BS in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1970, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Information Sciences from the University of Chicago in 1971 and 1977, respectively. View Full CV

1002
Expert has over 40 years of experience in the design of semiconductor products and has a Ph.D. in Computers and Communications. He has more than 10 patents in the areas of CMOS design, cryogenic memory, and memory addressing. He has over 25 engagements as a semiconductor expert witness. His notable career includes early work in the technical areas of color television, moving to solid state electronics, LEDs and photodiodes, developing major CMOS product lines, managing microprocessor business divisions, and new processors for mainframe computers. His later career history includes business and technical management for large and small corporations in the fields of microcontrollers, ASIC and RISC systems. Currently an independent consultant, he works with clients to assist their development, analysis, and launch of new semiconductor products. He has been heavily involved in advanced technology development, operations, applications, process, packaging, marketing and business planning across many different product lines.

• Intellectual Property Research
• Patent Analysis and Evaluation
• Prior Art Search
• Expert Witness
• Litigation Damage Analysis
• ITC Action Support
• Semiconductor Memory
• Microcontroller Technology
• Microprocessor Technology
• Embedded Processors
• RISC Processors
• Digital Circuits
• Analog Circuits
• ASIC
• IP Macros
• Megacells
• DRAM, SRAM. Flash, EEPROM
• IC Packaging
• Semiconductor Process
• Plasma Etch and CVD

1008
Expert has a Ph.D. in Semiconductor Physics and decades of industry experience in electro-optics and related display technologies from his career at IBM, Lockheed, and as an independent consultant. He has been the principal investigator of internally and externally funded programs, responsible for proposal writing, budgeting, project staffing, reporting and presentation of facts. He has previous expert witness experience from four engagements, and has seven patents.

• Electro-Optics
• Engineering Physics
• Fiber Optic Technology
• Laser Technology
• Liquid Crystal Technology
• Optical Signal Processing
• Polymer Sciences
• Semiconductor Physics

1012
Expert has a Ph.D. in Optics and Physics with over 30 years of industry experience spanning a broad range of laser, optical, and vision-based products for the commercial and military sector. Industries served include optical, electronic, medical, biomedical, and consumer products. He has consulted for dozens of client companies in these industries and has over more than ten patents. He has provided assessments of technology, patents, and company intellectual property issues and has been an expert witness on fourteen occasions.

• Electro-Optics
• Image Processing & Vision
• Laser Applications
• Laser Instruments & Technology
• Optical Devices, Displays
• Optical Gauging & Alignment
• Opto-Electronic Devices
• Opto-Mechanical & Scanning
• Photonics
• System Integration

1023
Expert has over 25-years of experience in technologies related to device physics and materials science. He has a proven record of original development and inventions that cover materials for displays, optoelectronics, integrated circuits and optical recording devices. In recent years, he has demonstrated leadership in assisting emerging new companies with issues related to technology and enterprise development.

• Device Physics
• III-V Materials
• Materials Science
• Optoelectronics
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Semiconductor Memory
• Superconductor Materials
• Superconductor Electronics
• Flat Panel Display Technology
• Thin Film Cathode Technology
• Optical Recording Technology

1050
This expert has a broad background in technology management, with extensive experience in both industrial research and academic research environments. He has over 35 years of technical and management experience in the development of opto-electronic materials and devices as well as a broad range of related electronic materials and devices. He was also Consulting Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford with special interest in advanced optoelectronics and information systems technology. His major industrial research experience spans more than 20 years at the Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California, where he held a number of technical and management positions of increasing responsibility including Director of the Materials Research Laboratory in Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. In the latter position he was responsible for advanced research and development of a broad range of electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices, including LEDs, semiconductor lasers, fiber optic devices, and their subsequent commercialization. He has expert witness experience.

• Optoelectronics - materials, devices
• Compound Semiconductors
• GaAlAs, GaN, other III-Vs
• Silicon, SOI materials, devices
• Optical Storage
• Display - materials and devices
• High Speed Semiconductors
• Light Emitting Diodes, Diode Lasers

1107
Twenty-five years experience in microelectronics and optics research and development in the U.S. and in Europe. Record of visionary innovation in semiconductor device fabrication, micro-optics, optoelectronic packaging, integrated optoelectronic systems, display technology, and parallel computing architectures, underpinned by command over a wide and interdisciplinary base of skills. Strong record of scholarly publication and worldwide reputation in technology community. Leadership roles in high-profile, U.S.- and E.U.-based, government- and industry-funded, technology program development and implementation. Demonstrated ability in developing new enabling technologies into competitive product applications. Extensive intellectual property development and litigation support experience at the highest levels. Strong, results-oriented management and leadership skills.

• WDM transmission and switching
• Microelectronics fabrication processes
• Refractive and diffractive micro-optics
• Compound semiconductor devices
• Advanced packaging
• Classical and quantum optics
• Digital and analog VLSI design
• Signal processing
• Neuromorphic computing
• Low-cost, wafer-level manufacturing
• Materials processing
• Optical switching
• Display technologies
• Microfluidics structures
• Computer and memory architectures
• Guided-wave optics technologies
• Liquid crystal technology and components
• Thermomechanical design
• Optoelectronic integration and packaging
• Optical high-speed interconnection
• Micromachining
• Communication and information theory

1161
This expert has over 30 years of experience in the communications, optical devices and semiconductor device industries. He has served as the leader of large research and development departments, government contract programs and commercial component manufacturing teams. He is a professionally recognized speaker with service on several university industrial advisory boards and professional conference committees. He has authored over 50 papers in the professional literature and holds 39 US patents. He is currently a consultant and advisor to industry regarding properties of materials, commercialization of manufacturing processes, intellectual property and precision packaging of optical and optoelectronic components.

• Optical fiber alignment
• Photonics and optoelectronics packaging
• Epitaxial crystal growth
• MEMS development
• Telecom systems analysis
• High speed IC design
• Semiconductor fabrication
• Laser and detector technology
• Optical switch development
• Power semiconductor devices
• Flat panel displays, electronics
• Light source technology
• O and OE integration
• Microwave electronic

1165
This expert has 25-years of extensive design experience in the areas of cable television set top decoders, cable television head end equipment, medical electronics, microcomputer controllers for multiple consumer products, computer display hardware designs, infrared sensors, and various telecommunications and paging industry hardware designs. He has recent experience in application software design for the General Instruments DCT series of digital set top cable units.

• Cable TV Set Top Decoders
• Digital Printing Systems
• Computer Display Hardware
• Digital Set Top Cable Systems
• FPGA Design
• Infrared Sensors
• Medical Electronics
• Microcomputer Controllers
• Scrambling and De-Scrambling Techniques
• Television Head End Equipment

1197
This expert has over 30 years experience in semiconductor manufacturing and display devices. This experience includes significant time in industry and academic environments. He has been involved in litigation support and consulting for over 10 years. He holds numerous patents in his field, is extensively published, and frequent presenter at conferences.

• Semiconductor Processes
• Electronic Packaging
• Liquid Crystal Displays
• Electrochemical devices: batteries and fuel cells
• Electrodeposition

1262
Expert has over thirty-five years of technical, business and intellectual property rights experience in digital imaging, video and audio. In the 1970`s and early 1980`s, he was one of the leaders in the digital imaging field, performing extensive work in areas of compression, real-time processing, real-time display, image enhancement, and others. Applications included reconnaissance imaging, medical imaging, earth resources management and videoconferencing. This work anticipated much of the technology being used in contemporary consumer digital video systems. He has in-depth experience of the commercial history and when key parts of technology were first developed and published. Expert has held many leadership roles in standards development: including MPEG, MPEG1 standard; instigator of successful effort to make MPEG2 the market standard for digital TV over proprietary competitors in the US and national competitors in Europe and Japan; MPEG4; AVS Subgroup. He is an expert in all major audio-video standards. MPEG audio (Layer I, II, mp3, AAC), Dolby AC3, MPEG video (1, 2, 4), H.264, Windows Media 9 (VC-1), and AVS. He is also an expert in DVD standards, including formatting, navigation and authoring. Expert has authored over twenty technical papers, two book chapters and two patents in digital video processing, display, and compression. He is an experienced patent litigation expert with deposition and court experience. He is a patent holder with a Ph.D. in Physical Electronics.

• Real-time Processing and Display
• Image and Video compression (MPEG)
• Imaging/Video Systems Architecture
• Imaging/Video Chip Architecture
• Video Compression Algorithms
• Reconnaissance Imaging
• Medical Imaging
• Earth Resources Imaging

1274
Expert received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University. After a two year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, he joined the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory at M.I.T. as a research physicist. In 1987 he assumed a faculty position at a major university. Expert has published nearly 170 refereed liquid crystal related articles, and holds several patents. He is a past membership secretary and now an executive board member of the International Liquid Crystal Society, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Liquid Crystals. His own research centers on electro and magneto-optic phenomena in liquid crystals and complex fluids, with particular emphasis on symmetry, optical, and interfacial phenomena. Expert has experience as an expert in patent litigations.

1296
Expert develops solutions for advanced RF systems for use in Communications, Navigation, Radar, and Emitter Location Systems. Since graduating from Columbia University he worked as a signal processing specialist and RF systems architect. Areas of expertise include the Global Positioning System (GPS) programs, but supported several other programs in a consulting role including designs work for 802.11 and other network technologies. His work has resulted in a number of patents and publications.

• GPS Technology
• Indoor GPS / Assisted GPS
• Radar & RFID Signal Processing
• Cellular Telephony (GSM, CDMA, 3G)
• Spread Spectrum
• Satellite Communications
• Emitter Location
• RF Signal Processing

1360
Expert has a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard. Expert is published and has prior litigation support experience.

• Device Physics
• Flat Panel Display Technology
• High Temperature Semiconductor Technology
• Magnetic Semiconductor Technology
• Material Sciences
• Polymer Chemistry
• Thin Film Materials Technology
• Tribology

1369
Expert provides consulting services in areas related to semiconductor process technology with a focus on technical market analysis, requirements definition, design specification, project management, statistical data analysis, and engineering process development. Specializing in comprehensive systems solutions covering mechanical, electrical and software elements. He holds multiple patents, a Ph.D. in Materials Science and is experienced with litigation support.

• Applied Statistical Analysis of Semiconductor Equipment
• Flat Panel Display and Wafer Inspection
• Optical Multi-Layer Resist Technology
• Photolithography
• Photoresist Technology
• Semiconductor Equipment
• Semiconductor Microlithography
• Semiconductor Robotic Equipment System Design
• Semiconductor Wafer Inspection

2009
This consultant has over 30 years of development and batch manufacturing experience both hands-on as well as leading a team of engineers. Development of DC plasma displays as early as 1970s and batch manufacturing of DC plasma display. Development of vacuum fluorescent displays and batch manufacturing. Development of vacuum based devices and mass manufacturing. Development of Liquid Crystal Displays based on Twisted Nematic mode and batch manufacturing that won First Prize in R&D Excellence category from the Electronic Industries Association of India. Research and Development of new processes for full color AC plasma display. Novel flat fluorescent lamp design from concept to completion for LCD backlighting and batch manufacturing of flat fluorescent lamp that resulted in winning R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine. Development of a consumer based compact fluorescent lamp from concept to completion that underwent manufacturing trials in Matsushita Electric in Osaka Japan. Development of full color field emission display, with innovative processes, that yielded QVGA prototype for US Army and Air Force. The work has been recognized with company`s President Award. Development of full color Microdisplay based on OLED technology from front end to back-end processes and batch manufacturing. The product is on the market for 3D video games application. Several patents and publications have been obtained during the course of 30 years of experience. Has prior expert witness experience.

• Plasma display
• Liquid Crystal Display
• Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Display
• LCD Backlight
• Field Emission Display
• Compact fluorescent lamp

2024
Consultant has been a Technical/Marketing Manager for 23 years, including multi $b manufacturers & start-ups, in electronic displays, signs, lamps & thin/thick films for analytical, medical, avionic & automotive instrumentation devices & systems. Rapid development & production for projects over $3m. Extensive experience working in the USA, UK & China, also frequently visiting Japan & Europe. Business Plans, budgets, sales funnels, proposals, licensing, partnerships, problem solving, innovation, oral & written communications. Multidisciplinary credentials building teams in display systems, devices & materials: LCD, OLED, EL, FED, VFD, CRT, back lights, solid state physics (semiconducting powders/phosphors), vacuum sputtered/evaporated films, device preparation & characterization, lamp cathodes & sealing.

• Flat panel display devices (OLED, EL, LCD, VFD, FED). Signage, avionic, automotive & industrial/medical applications.
• Gas discharge devices & processing (CCFL back lighting, projection lamps, lasers, RF sputtering of thin films, cathodes).
• Phosphor preparation & coating
• Quality Assurance ISO 9000, TQM
• Powder Technology (sintering, pressing, particle sizing, screen printing, spraying, interaction of powders with gases,).
• Ergonomics (filters, measurements, colors, AR coatings).
• Documents (specifications, brochures, reports, papers, patents)
• Nanotechnology (carbon nanotubes, nanosize semiconductors & phosphors)

2145
This expert`s 20 years of product development experience span technologies including opto-electronics "LEDs", fiber optics, displays, cameras, and IC packaging. His attention has been the investigation, planning, assessment, development, and deployment for mass production of emerging applications taking innovative ideas from concept to volume. His work includes most aspects of the technologies and their analysis that comprise component, sub-system, and system-level products.

• Opto-Electronics
• Displays and LED`s
• IC Packaging
• Optical Packaging
• Fiber Optics
• Cameras
• Optical ICs
• Thermal & Mechanical Analysis

2175
This expert has over twenty years experience at the senior levels of management in large and small high technology companies. He has been responsible for incorporating original technology in a number of new products. He is recognized as an industry technologist and spokesman with excellent verbal and written communication skills. This expert holds a patent for keyboard circuitry and is extensively published. Finally, this Ph.D. is an experienced and well-regarded testimonial expert in intellectual property and contract disputes related to video and other technologies.

• Wireless data systems
• Computer Graphics
• Ergonomics/Human Factors
• Internet Architecture & Security
• Internet Payment Systems
• Smart Card Technology
• Internet Platform Technology
• Video Capture & Overlay Systems
• Video Display Devices, ASIC Design
• User Interface Design
• Video Graphics Architecture
• Engineering Development Practices
• Software development
• Object oriented, software systems
• Compressed Video
• Consumer Television
• Digital Satellite TV Technology
• System Reliability

2345
This expert is a University Professor who teaches & conducts research in the field of Digital Signal Processing. His research involves the invention, development, analysis and implementation of multi-rate systems with emphasis on low-power application in image and video processing. This expert holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. Areas of expertise include:

• Image & Video Processing
• LCD Processing
• Frame Rate Conversion Systems
• Wavelets & Filter Banks
• Motion-Compensation Methods
• Super-resolution Techniques
• Video Coding Standards

2424
Expert has experience with design and development experience in embedded systems, OS, applications, security, operations, IT, field engineering, and patents. Expert has extensive experience in digital TV systems, equipment, codecs, and set tops, as well as video/audio production experience. Expert holds multiple patents, is published and has been on multiple standard committees.

• Hardware
• Software
• Embedded Systems
• Consumer Electronics
• Digital TV Systems
• Codecs
• Set Tops
• Video/Audio Production

2436
Expert has a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Expert has authored over 100 technical papers in various journals and he has served as consultant and technical standards committee member in the areas of multimedia compression, storage, retrieval, communications, and networks. He has provided consulting and technical services to various corporations and law firms. His current research interests are in signal, image, and video processing; video communications; video retrieval; video networks; image analysis and computer vision; pattern recognition; and genomic signal processing.

• Signal, Image, and Video Processing
• Video Communications
• Video Retrieval
• Image Analysis and Computer Vision
• Video Networks
• Multimedia communications
• Pattern Recognition
• Genomic Signal Processing

2451
Expert has over twenty years of experience in optical communication technologies, and more recently, optical components and systems for display technologies. He is an experienced expert witness having provided reports, deposition, and trial testimony. After receiving his Ph.D. in Experimental Physics from M.I.T. (1980), he performed research in laser navigation for four years and then joined Bellcore, pioneering in device technology for optical communication systems. He was a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He took a leave of absence to co-found a private telecommunications equipment supply company where he was CTO. It was later sold.

• Optics, Fiber Optics & Semiconductor Devices
• Telecommunication Networks & Components
• Digital & Analog Signal Processing
• Laser & Optoelectronics Technology
• LCD, LED & Plasma Display Technology
• Electro-magnetics
• Optical Gyro & Sensor Technology
• Nanotechnology & MEMS

2454
Expert has expertise and is able to serve as an expert witness in semiconductor IC fabrication, microlithography, LCD and flat panel processing, materials and processes (dielectrics, metals, silicon, and wide band gap semiconductors), photomask design and fabrication, thin films and deposition (PVD and CVD), optical systems, HDD processes, photoresist materials and processing, plasma and dry etching, UV lasers and laser processing, patterned magnetic media, wafer and substrate cleaning, and metrology. Expert has over 25 years of research, academic, industry, and consulting engineering experience in the fields of microelectronics and integrated circuit fabrication. His research involves semiconductor patterning and microlithography (optical, DUV, electron beam, and EUV), materials and processes (dielectrics, metals, silicon, IR, and wide-band gap materials), thin films and deposition (sputtering, PVD, and CVD), LCDs, UV lasers, photomasks and maskmaking, photoresist materials, etching (plasma, RIE, and wet etch), wafer and substrate processing, HDD processing, and modelling & simulation. He is a skilled technical consultant and expert witness with experience in intellectual property, patent litigation, patent re-examination, trial testimony (bench and jury), report writing, deposition, and International Trade Commission (ITC) cases. He has over 100 publications including technical papers, articles, textbooks, and textbook chapters. He holds over 20 patents and has licensed his technology both nationally and internationally

• Semiconductor IC fabrication
• Microlithography and patterning
• Thin films and deposition (PVD/CVD)
• Plasma, dry etching, RIE, and wet etch
• LCD and flat panel processes
• Photomask fabrication and design
• Optics and optical systems
• Photoresist materials and processes
• Hard disk patterned magnetic media
• UV lasers and laser processing
• Wafer and substrate processing
• Microsystems