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Ronald A. Rudder is an attorney in the firm's Electrical/Mechanical Practice Group, focusing on patent prosecution. He has 13 years of experience as a Senior Research Engineer at the Center for Semiconductor Research at Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina. He is an Adjunct Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Rudder received his Law degree from the George Washington University School of Law. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from North Carolina State University and his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Physics from Lynchburg College.
Dr. Rudder is admitted to the Virginia State Bar and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Dr. Rudder has written over 50 publications and 7 U.S. Patents in the fields of materials processing and deposition for advanced semiconductor devices and packaging. He was a member of the NIST-sponsored U.S. Delegation to Japan in 1990, assessing Japanese diamond technology. He cofounded Specified Surfaces and Interfaces, Inc. for the development and licensing of diamond pyroceramic thin film coatings. | 