Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Dean’s Fellow (full-tuition, merit scholarship from the SCU School of Law)
1996 IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for the development of fast, high-resolution analysis techniques
1989 IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for research on high-temperature superconducting oxides
1987 Robert Lansing Hardy Gold Medal of the Metallurgical Society of AIME for research on integrated circuit materials
1984 Ross N. Tucker Scholarship for outstanding research in electronic materials
1982 O. Cutler Shephard Award as the outstanding graduate receiving the M.S. degree in Materials Science at Stanford
1980 Frederick E. Terman Scholar - top 5% of graduating engineers at Stanford
Tau Beta Pi
Member, American Bar Association
Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Palo Alto
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2 Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real, Suite 700
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2121
Phone: 650.843.7528
Fax: 650.843.4001
Robert Beyers, Ph.D., is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Intellectual Property Practice, providing clients with exceptional knowledge and skills in the semiconductor, computer, Internet, telecommunications and financial services industries. Dr. Beyers’s practice integrates patent strategy with a client’s overall business strategy via patent portfolio analysis, patent prosecution, licensing, infringement and invalidity analyses, and due diligence investigations in connection with business transactions.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Dr. Beyers practiced law at another prestigious law firm. A prolific writer, Dr. Beyers co-authored papers on claims construction and obviousness that have been presented at numerous conferences and seminars. He has also co-authored more than forty technical papers, including invited review articles for Solid State Physics and the Annual Review of Materials Science.
Before entering private practice, Dr. Beyers worked as a materials scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center, where his projects ranged from basic research on high-temperature superconductors and carbon nanotubes to applied research on integrated circuit and disk drive materials. He managed a materials characterization group, developed microscopy techniques that enable rapid analyses of thin-film devices at close to the atomic level, and built the electron and ion microscopy labs required to exploit these techniques.
Dr. Beyers is a co-inventor on four patents, including the basic patent on single-wall carbon nanotubes (U.S. Patent 5,424,054).
Dr. Beyers is a member of the State Bar of California, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Dr. Beyers received his J.D., summa cum laude, in 2000 and his M.B.A. in 2001, both from Santa Clara University. He received his Ph.D. in materials science in 1989, his M.S. in materials science in 1982, and his B.S. in chemical engineering in 1980, all from Stanford University.
Dr. Beyers is admitted to practice in California.
Education
- Santa Clara University, 2001, M.B.A.
- Santa Clara University School of Law, 2000, J.D.
- Stanford University, 1989, Ph.D.
- Stanford University, 1982, M.S.
- Stanford University, 1980, B.S.