A patent attorney who understands your technology because he's been in the lab building it.
Protect Your InnovationDr. Mayer Landau bridges the gap between complex physical science and high-stakes patent law. He holds a JD (cum laude) from the University of New Mexico School of Law, alongside an unparalleled academic foundation, culminating in a PhD in Optics from the prestigious Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester.
Prior to entering private practice, Dr. Landau served as a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). His legal strategy is deeply informed by decades of hands-on research, engineering, and laboratory leadership at America's premier scientific institutions:
Conducted nuclear physics research at Los Alamos (LAMPF), developed low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopes at Brookhaven, and specialized in cleanroom nanofabrication at Sandia National Laboratories (CINT).
Developed high-power CO₂ lasers and X-band antennas at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and led the optical design for the Air Force’s 24-kilometer slant-range laser communication network.
Built advanced research facilities at the Air Force Research Laboratory dedicated to pulsed terahertz radiation, metamaterial structures, and atomic physics/squeezed light systems.
Served as an Electrical Engineering Research Professor at the University of New Mexico, leveraging ten years of cleanroom nanofabrication expertise via UNM's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM).
Drafting and prosecuting high-stakes patent applications with deep technical expertise in optical systems, lasers, terahertz generation and detection, and semiconductor optoelectronics.
Aligning your intellectual property portfolio with commercial goals, informed by actual laboratory experience and rigorous academic insight.
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