Stephen Durant

Phone: (858) 481-1883

Email: steve@mlo-ip.com

Education: 

BSEE from the University of Notre Dame

JD from Cornell Law School

Stephen Durant

Of Counsel

Steve is a registered patent attorney who works closely with clients to identify and evaluate inventions and to build effective patent portfolios for U.S. and international patent protection. He focuses his practice on preparing and prosecuting patent applications, as well as related counseling, opinions, licensing, and IP due diligence for transactions and litigation.  

Before joining MLO, Steve established the patent prosecution practice as a partner at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati. He later headed the San Francisco patent prosecution practice as a partner at Morrison & Foerster. Following his work at major general practice law firms, he was a principal in the San Jose office of the patent boutique Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner. Earlier in his career, Steve worked as an in-house patent attorney at the Hughes Aircraft Company, Space & Communications Group and as a seconded patent attorney for two years at AMD, while working as a partner at a Bay Area patent boutique. 

Specialties: Patent law with emphasis on high-tech hardware, software, and artificial intelligence. He has prepared patent applications in diverse fields, including analog and digital circuits, EDA software, virtual machines, containerized applications, FinTech, wireless systems, databases, AI, machine learning, data visualization, MEMS, business software, robotics, MRI, lasers, optics, medical devices, and spacecraft. 

Steve received a BSEE from the University of Notre Dame and a JD from the Cornell Law School. Steve is a member of the State Bar of California and is registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office. 

Steve is an advisor to the Silicon Catalyst incubator and a member of the Silicon Catalyst Angels.