Atty. Albert K. Heng
Albert K. Heng is a patent and trademark attorney representing clients across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, ranging from individual inventors to startups, international corporations, venture capital firms, seed fund/incubators, and Fortune 500 companies, primarily in the medical device and digital health industries.
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Albert K. Heng is an Of Counsel based in San Diego, California, practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. They have 11+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2015. Their practice focuses on patent, business, ip, and health care. Admitted to practice in California (2015) and District of Columbia U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2018). Educated at Boston University School of Law (J.D., 2015) and University of California at Los Angeles (B.S. Aerospace, 2011). Provides legal services in Khmer Telugu. Serands clients in San Diego, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Albert K. Heng is a patent and trademark attorney representing clients across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, ranging from individual inventors to startups, international corporations, venture capital firms, seed fund/incubators, and Fortune 500 companies, primarily in the medical device and digital health industries
- He handles matters involving medical technologies including co-manipulation surgical systems, teleoperated robotic surgical systems, neurostimulation systems, imaging systems including those utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, implantable medical devices, ablation devices, medicine dispensers, and microfluidics devices, as well as technologies including aerospace structures, firearms, machinery, protective gear, autonomous vehicles, HVAC and boiler systems, waste management processes, and filtration systems
- Albert manages his clients’ global IP portfolios spanning across the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, and Oceania
- He performs prior art searches, prepares and prosecutes domestic and international utility and design patent applications, and conducts invalidity, patentability, freedom-to-operate, and scope-of-coverage analyses for complex due diligences
- He also provides litigation support, prepares cease and desist letters, and handles trademark searching and prosecution
- Albert has experience with the USPTO’s Prioritized (Track 1) Patent Examination Program, Patent Prosecution Highway, After-Final Consideration Program 2.0, Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program, appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and Reissue applications
- As a member of the LGBTQ+ community and the son of Cambodian refugees, Albert is dedicated to pro bono work, particularly assisting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in preparing and filing affirmative and defensive asylum applications, and has successfully obtained Temporary Protected Status for a Ukrainian-born client
- He is actively involved with the Tom Homann (LGBTQ+) Law Association where he served on the board of directors for three years, as well as with the Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego and the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association
- Concentrations • Patent portfolio management and strategic counseling • IP due diligence for venture capital firms and companies • MedTech—medical devices, digital health, artificial intelligence (AI) • Trademark portfolio management and strategic counseling Experience Internships • Patent Extern, U.S
- Patent and Trademark Office, 2013 Recognition & Leadership Professional & Community Involvement • Tom Homann (LGBTQ+) Law Association (Board Member, 2019-2022) • Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (Mentorship Chair, 2015-2019) • San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association • Casa Cornelia Law Center
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
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Health care attorneys for HIPAA, Medicare, Medicaid, regulatory compliance, and medical licensing matters.
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Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in San Diego are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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