Ji-Yong David Chung - Associate

As a patent attorney and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, David enjoys working through complex technological and legal issues for clients. David has prepared patent applications and prosecuted patents in many technical areas, such as computer-networking, semiconductor manufacturing, and Internet-related technologies.

David is a former Patent Examiner in an electrical group at the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and is registered to practice before the USPTO. At the USPTO, David examined patent applications related to artificial intelligence, computer networks, and telecommunications. In addition, David worked at the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) as a Computer Scientist, maintaining networks and servers. David has extensive experience in writing computer programs and brings his deep understanding of computer software to his patent practice.

Prior to working at the USPTO, David worked at Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. as a Senior Engineer. While there, he worked on technically challenging projects, including mathematically modeling conditions that affect communication channels (e.g., weather conditions), simulating a Viterbi decoder and evaluating its effect on robustness of a communication channel, writing programs to compute probabilities of acquiring a signal from a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), selecting pseudo-noise (PN) codes to be supplied to Japanese Space Agency and European Space Agency for use in satellite systems, and conducting studies of a K-band return-link channel for Space Station Freedom.

David also has worked as a technical consultant at the law firm of Cushman, Darby & Cushman. While there, David worked for both domestic and foreign clients on a variety of patent matters.

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EDUCATION		Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.E.E.)
		University of Rochester (M.S.E.E.)
		George Washington University Law School (J.D.)
LANGUAGES		Fluent in Korean and English
ADMITTED		Commonwealth of Virginia
		Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
PROFESSIONAL		Virginia Bar Association
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