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Zachary Westhoff

Zachary Westhoff

Associate | Electrical & Computer Technologies
617.646.8504 Zachary.Westhoff@wolfgreenfield.com LinkedIn Profile

Education

  • BS, Applied Physics, Brigham Young University, summa cum laude
  • JD, Harvard Law School, cum laude

Key Technologies

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cleantech and Energy
  • Cybersecurity
  • Optical Systems
  • Medical Devices

Practice Groups

Languages

  • Japanese

Admitted to Practice

  • Massachusetts

Location

  • Boston

Overview

Zach Westhoff focuses his practice on patent prosecution in the electrical and computer technologies space. He works with clients ranging from start-ups to large global companies and research institutions on technologies such as superconductors, electrical connectors, fusion reactors, and optical systems.

Zach’s experience includes patent drafting, portfolio review and competitive analysis, freedom-to-operate opinions, invalidity and prior art analysis, and IP due diligence. In addition, Zach has experience with standard essential patents (SEPs).

Having lived in Japan, Zach seamlessly integrates his international experience into his practice to better serve clients with global business and legal needs.

Zach graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was Treasurer of the Intellectual Property Law Association, President of the Harvard Law Latter-day Saints, and a coordinator of and participant in the Harvard Asia Law Society’s delegation to Japan.

Prior to attending law school, Zach studied Applied Physics at Brigham Young University with minors in Computer Science and Japanese. As a research assistant, Zach advanced the development of a novel optical glucometer by running laboratory processes to grow carbon nanotube forests and by developing software to integrate a miniature spectrometer and pulse oximeter into a prototype microcontroller-based wearable device. Zach also interned under the Secretary of the US-Japan Joint Committee in Tokyo.

Before joining the firm full time, Zach was a summer associate in the firm’s Electrical & Computer Technologies Practice.

Experience

  • Drafted patent applications for technologies such as cybersecurity, superconducting circuit elements, fusion reactor safety devices, applications of magnetohydrodynamic principles, and electrical connectors.
  • Assisted with office actions for technologies such as artificial intelligence, electromagnet design, reactor coolant systems, and radar systems.
  • Completed standard essentiality analyses.
  • Provided IP support relating to a client’s $2 billion acquisition of a competitor’s business lines.

Recognition

  • Thomas S. Monson Presidential Scholar, Brigham Young University

Publications

Scientific Publications

  • Tyler Westover, Zach Westhoff, Sharisse Poff, Nick Morrill, David Miller, Shiuh-Hua W. Chiang, Richard Vanfleet, Robert C. Davis, “Miniaturized short-wavelength infrared spectrometer for diffuse light applications,” Adv. Photon. Nexus 2 (6) 066003 (19 October 2023).
  • Tyler Westover, Scott Olsen, Zach Westhoff, Nick Morrill, Robert Davis, and Richard Vanfleet, “Visible and short-wavelength infrared light collimation through carbon nanotube, parallel-hole collimators,” Opt. Express 30, 22679-22686 (2022).

Interests

Zach is an avid skier and a willing backpacker. He is a passionate producer and consumer of desserts.

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