Zachary Westhoff

Zachary Westhoff

Law Clerk | Electrical & Computer Technologies
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Education

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

Key Technologies

  • Medical Devices

Practice Groups

Languages

  • Japanese

Admitted to Practice

  • Not yet admitted to practice

Location

  • Boston

Overview

Zach Westhoff assists the firm’s Electrical & Computer Technologies Practice in patent prosecution.

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.


Recognition

  • Thomas S. Monson Presidential Scholar, Brigham Young University

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.