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Huntington Beach Inventor Wins Prestigious Award for GPS Chip

Steve Chen talks to The Orange County Register after being crowned European Inventor of the Year for his chipset invention that vastly modernized GPS technology. >>

Haynes and Boone Lawyer Steven Chen Earns European Inventor of the Year for Advancement of GPS Technology

Haynes and Boone, LLP intellectual property lawyer Steven Chen (right), along with co-inventor Sanjai Kohli, has won the European Patent Office’s Inventor of the Year Award for their powerful chipsets that enhance the availability, accuracy and effectiveness of GPS technology. Winners were announced April 28 in Madrid after rigorous evaluation by an international panel of high-profile entrepreneurs, managers, scientists, researchers, investors and journalists. The Chen-Kohli invention was selected best in the “non-European countries” category, one of four categories in the contest.
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Steve Chen

Associate

Orange County


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Areas of Practice

Education

  • J.D., Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Whittier Law School
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, Communication Systems/Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Languages

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Taiwanese

Steve Chen is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Orange County office of Haynes and Boone. He specializes in preparing and prosecuting patent applications and counseling clients on intellectual property matters. Steve has written patents in broad technology areas including GPS, wireless communication systems, semiconductors, and integrated circuits. He has also performed technical analysis in patent litigation and prepared opinions pertaining to intellectual property rights. In addition, Steve has developed IP portfolio roadmaps and provided strategic counseling for engineering start-ups.

Steve has more than 20 years of experience in leading the development of pioneering technologies as an entrepreneur, founder, consultant, and innovator at major technology companies. He is the inventor on numerous patents and has published in technical journals.

In April 2010, Steve won the European Patent Office’s Inventor of the Year Award for his invention on powerful chipsets designed to enhance the availability, accuracy and effectiveness of GPS technology. In winning the award, the EPO credits Steve and his co-inventor’s invention with the success and mass popularity of GPS technology today.

Publications

"Intellectual Property and Its Impact on Entrepreneurship." IEEE San Fernando Valley Chapter, October 3, 2009

Memberships

  • State Bar of California
  • Orange County Patent Law Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Online Publications

    05/07/2010 - The IP Beacon, May 2010
    A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.