Patent Agent
Silicon Valley
Dr. Yuanjia (Gina) Zhang, a patent agent in the Silicon Valley office, is a member of the Intellectual Property Group. As a patent agent, Dr. Zhang performs tasks related to patent prosecution including preparing and prosecuting patent applications.
Dr. Zhang has broad technical background and experience in materials science and engineering, electronic devices, nanotechnology, and printing technology. In particular, her technical areas include nanofabrication, semiconductors, organic electronics, molecular electronics, optoelectronics, electrophotography, inkjet printing, surface engineering, color science, and image processing.
Prior to joining Orrick, Dr. Zhang worked at Anova Law Group, where she prepared and prosecuted patent applications for large Chinese companies and prestigious universities, in industrial areas including Internet technology and semiconductor devices. Before joining Anova Law Group, Dr. Zhang was a member of research staff in Xerox Innovation Group at Xerox Corporation. Dr. Zhang also has prior industrial experiences at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, in Shanghai, China. Dr. Zhang’s doctoral research focused on the electronic charge injection and transport in nanoscale organic thin film transistors.
Dr. Zhang has technical publications in journals including Advanced Materials and Journal of Applied Physics. Dr. Zhang is also an inventor with six U.S. patents granted and other U.S. and foreign patent applications pending.