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Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Offices

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
2040 MAIN STREET
14TH FLOOR
IRVINE, CA 92614
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Partner

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Sabing H. Lee’s practice includes strategic patent procurement, patent portfolio management, intellectual property due diligence and general counseling on infringement, licensing, international IP protection and post-grant proceedings. Sabing currently represents clients in a wide range of technologies, with an emphasis on medical devices and procedures and materials science.

Sabing co-chairs the firm’s Medical Devices and Procedures group. In the medical device field, Sabing has worked extensively with cardiovascular, orthopedic, wound care and healthcare AI technologies. He has been involved in the intellectual property strategy and acquisitions of PercuSurge, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic, Inc.), Flex-Foot, Inc. (acquired by Össur hf.), Endius, Inc. (acquired by Zimmer Holdings, Inc.), ev3 Inc. (acquired by Covidien), CardiAQ Valve Technologies (acquired by Edwards Lifesciences), and Tornier/Wright Medical (acquired by Stryker).

Sabing currently serves on the Board of Directors for Octane, an organization that drives technology industry growth and innovation in Orange County by connecting ideas and people with resources and capital.

Sabing has been recognized as a Patent Star in Managing IP’s “IP STARS” guide for his outstanding intellectual property legal work in 2018-2021. He has received “Star” recognition in the “Life Sciences Survey” published by Legal Media Group (LMG) Life Sciences from 2012-2019 and 2022-2023. He was noted as being among the top patent strategists in the country for his patent prosecution, patent advisory, strategy and management practice. Sabing was selected for inclusion in the “Southern California Super Lawyers” list for his work in intellectual property law from 2013-2018 by Super Lawyers magazine, and was named to the Daily Journal’s list of the “Top Intellectual Property Attorneys of 2014”, where he was recognized among the Top 25 Portfolio Managers & Patent Prosecutors of Intellectual Property.

Sabing joined the firm in 1997 and became a partner in 2003.

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United States > Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)

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Sabing Lee – Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP houses a patent prosecution team with impressive expertise across the remit of work which is highly regarded for its ‘in-depth expertise and global experience’. At the helm of the practice are medical device specialists Salima Merani who is noted by clients as being ‘simply wonderful’ and Sabing Lee who harnesses 25 years’ experience handling the array of patent-related matters; both work from the firm’s Orange County hub. Establishing, managing, protecting and expanding innovative product inventions and related patent portfolios of value in the hundreds of millions of dollars makes up a large part of the team’s workload. Its life sciences, medical devices, biotech, engineering and telecom expertise in particular sees that the team assists clients across industry sectors which range from start-ups to well-established brands. Harnik Shukla at the Irvine hub has a specialism in IPRs and complex prosecution cases, San Diego’s Jason Jardine is noted for his ‘profound strategy insight’ while Maria Stout at the same office ‘invariably has her client’s success at the forefront of her mind’. PTAB matters are also a key focus for the team, with Irvine-based Terry Tullis having particular expertise in such work, as is post-grant work which is the focus of Shannon Lam also based in Irvine. Lori Yamato has departed to AcuLex Law, APC and Jon Gurka has retired.

United States > Intellectual property > Patents: licensing

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP‘s team is noted for its expertise in patent licensing and transactions and covers the full spectrum of technologies, industry sectors and IP practice areas. The team is also equipped to handle contentious matters, with extensive experience in litigation and prosecution in connection with patent procurement. ‘Outstanding’ trademark portfolio management specialist Salima Merani and patent procurement expert Sabing Lee jointly lead the medical device group, while Jason Gersting is the chair of the IP and tech transaction group. In San Diego, Kimberly Miller delivers the full range of advice for all IP-related matters. Adam Gilbert retired and Lori Yamato departed the firm  in January 2023. Unless otherwise stated, all team members are based in Orange County.

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