Dexter Chin

Attorney

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With over 30 years of legal experience, Dexter offers extensive business and legal expertise on all facets of IP portfolio creation and monetization, including IP procurement and acquisition, competitive analysis, strategic planning, global portfolio management, technology evaluation, and licensing negotiations.  

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As the founder of Horizon IP Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), and a former senior patent counsel at Siemens Corporation in Iselin (New Jersey), Dexter has developed strong expertise in many diverse technologies and business processes, including advanced memory products, magnetic storage , fiber optics, imaging, semiconductor materials and processing, artificial intelligence, telecommunication services, signal processing for speech recognition, network systems, renewable energy, automotive engineering, and medical devices.  Dexter has also counseled clients in matters related to technical standards (JEDEC, SLDRAM and ATM consortia).

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Other professional experiences include serving as an attorney in AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill (New Jersey) and Townsend & Townsend (now Kilpatrick Townsend) in the Palo Alto office, preparing and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications, and conducting patent validity and infringement analyses .  In addition, Dexter has been involved in several patent litigations and licensing matters.  
 
Dexter works closely with various Singapore government bodies to implement IP educational strategies and to increase public IP awareness.  He also serves on the patent agents qualifying examination committee of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.