Gerald Clausen
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Area of Practice: Intellectual Property Law
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Biography
Kyu Min, Ph.D. practices intellectual property law, with a focus on strategic patent protection and portfolio management, intellectual property due diligence and general counseling on infringement, licensing, international IP protection and post-grant proceedings. Kyu represents clients in the fields of advanced semiconductor devices and processing, metallurgy and materials science, energy storage devices and systems, optical displays and devices, medical diagnostics, clean technology, and nanotechnology.
Before attending law school, he worked as a process integration engineer, nanotechnologist, and advanced memory research technologist for Intel Corporation. Kyu was a key contributor in the development of the industry-leading 20 nm NAND flash technology by Intel Corp. and Micron Technology, for which the companies were awarded the prestigious Semiconductor of the Year Award in 2012 by UBM Techinsights. He holds fourteen patents and has authored nineteen journal publications.
Kyu received his Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science from California Institute of Technology for his thesis research on Si-based light emitting nanostructures and devices.
Education
- Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., 2012), Dean's List
- California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. Materials Science, 1999), Intel Fellowship
- University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) (B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, 1994), cum laude, U.C. Regents Scholarship
- State Bar of California
- U.S. District Court - Northern District of California
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Recognized in The Legal 500 “San Francisco: IP” guide (2026)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 “United States” for Patent Prosecution (2021)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member