Carrie Zhang

Ms. Zhang is an associate in our Irvine office.  Ms. Zhang’s practice areas include strategic patent procurement, patent portfolio management, intellectual property due diligence, patent infringement and validity analyses, IP strategy, and other related issues.  Ms. Zhang has experience prosecuting patent applications in various technologies, including semiconductor fabrication processes, such as CVD, ALD, and etch.  She also works with clients in other technology areas, including technologies in electronics, chemical, and mechanical industries.

Ms. Zhang received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with honors from UC Berkeley, with an emphasis in semiconductor manufacturing processes.  She obtained her law degree from UCLA School of Law.  Before attending law school, Ms. Zhang was an etch process engineer at a semiconductor equipment manufacturing company in Silicon Valley.  As an etch process engineer she developed plasma etch processes for back-end-of-line via etch applications. 

Ms. Zhang worked as a summer associate at the firm in 2010 and joined the firm as an associate in 2011.