Testimonials
"IOsemi has been pleased with the level of support received from the Mueller Law Office. Heather's depth of experience has been invaluable in helping IOsemi crystallize its IP strategy. She brings significant competence, both personally as well as in her associates, to the table that have helped us move through the patent application processes efficiently and with very good results. In contrast to other legal groups we've worked with, we've been impressed with how she seems to be operating in our best interests from a financial perspective. She is giving us what appears to be very sound advice on where best to focus our capital in developing an IP position. I believe she is actually saving us money in addition to helping us generate a strong IP position. I have recommended this firm to others and will continue to do so. Everyone has got to be measured by the value they provide as a service provider and when you look at the combination of experience, support, communication, and cost, MLO offers a tremendous value."
Mark Drucker
CEO, IO Semiconductor
La Jolla, CA
"The Mueller Law Office is the perfect partner in intellectual property, especially for a venture-funded tech start-up like us. Through their cost effective virtual law office business model, we are able to get the strategic advice and expertise directly from Heather. MLO, starting with direct involvement and direction by Heather, is able to apply business judgment, not just legal judgment, to come up with creative solutions that meet our business needs. I find MLO to be the perfect partner for us because they keep up with our torrid pace. Many patents and license agreements were completed on extremely tight schedules with nights and weekends with them. The people of MLO are competent, committed, and flexible. I recommend them highly."
Aki Fujimura
CEO, D2S, Inc.
San Jose, CA
"The Mueller Law Office is able to provide full IP legal service. Heather Mueller knows patent law inside and out, and is good at estimating how much patents cost and then manages the whole process extremely well in terms of schedule and quality, while working within budget. She is also able to find the right attorney to get it done on time. When it comes to the tough part of managing the process with the U.S. patent office and foreign filing, this firm has the system down pat."
Srinivasan Sivaram
CEO, Twin Creeks Technologies
San Jose, CA
"While working at a Silicon Valley high-tech start-up, we engaged The Mueller Law Office because we wanted specific attention on managing our IP strategy. We wanted to deal with a firm that could understand the idiosyncrasies of our business, suggest alternative approaches to protect IP, and guide us in terms of cost effectiveness and timeliness. It almost felt like Heather Mueller was an extension of our company. She is astute and insightful and really focused on costs and delivering things on schedule. When we decided to document our trade secret, the technical expertise Heather brought to the table while working with our founders to understand the physics and electronics of our business was incredible. The firm was able to extract and boil it down to something we were comfortable in defining as the essence of the product. This was accomplished in a short period of time. Heather worked with our IP steering committee to help them understand what the trade-offs were in IP strategy. The end result of her expertise and responsiveness was an organized IP library that created value for the company."
Cheryl Diuguid
North Carolina
"At ZeroG, Heather Mueller came highly recommended to us. Initially, Heather worked with us to plan out patent strategy with a limited budget. She then brainstormed and worked with engineers, helped review and select ideas for disclosure, and then carried it forward to 9 issued patents in about 3 years. In the field of top, competent lawyers that understand the Silicon Valley business, she stands out as particularly organized and easy to work with. Since working with her, I have recommended her to several other companies. It's easy to recommend someone who does good work."
Bendik Kleveland
Distinguished Engineer, MoSys, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
"While running the IP group at Cadence, I had the opportunity to work with Heather Mueller at the Mueller Law Office. We chose Heather's firm because of Heather's experience in the software and electronic hardware industry. Heather delivered high-quality work, but more than that, she was easy to work with, met her deadlines and was very responsive. Heather has a very practical approach to both her patent work and her strategic advice that I found valuable in an adviser."
Mona Sabet
San Francisco, CA
"Intellectual property is extremely important to my company, and we needed someone who was technology-focused. In the business of patent law, the person always matters, and we have found Heather to be the right person to help our company.Heather is a sharp individual, intense in personal communications and very responsive. She is also extremely knowledgeable, and she is able to advise us on how to respond to office actions as only an expert can. I have learned a great deal from her about the patent writing process and about patent prosecution."
Mike Tucker
Director of Intellectual Property, D2S, Inc.
San Jose, CA
"The Mueller Law Office managed the IP process at a time when we had only a handful of employees in the company but grew with us over time. Heather Mueller was responsive to our needs and especially sensitive to our desire to contain costs. The firm was able to bring on attorneys as needed that easily understood our solar panel technology. The work was very high quality and Heather promoted a healthy environment for Intellectual Property."
Steve Horne
Chief Technical Officer, SolFocus
Mountain View, CA
"We switched to the Mueller Law Office after being with a large law firm that was difficult to work with and produced results that never felt right. An inventor has to be able to defend a patent, but the first law firm did not document the innovation well enough nor was the patent easy to understand. Even though MLO had not worked in our field before, they quickly grew to understand our technology. After reviewing the first patent that Eric wrote, I felt like I had written it myself. Because the Mueller Law Office was easy to work with and everything went smoothly, I would strongly recommend this law firm."
Greg Davis
Chief Technology Officer, Lumetric, Inc.
Fremont, CA
"We've been very pleased with the services and the experience with the Mueller Law Office, not only because they got the job done but because of the way we got there and the professionalism of the firm. Specifically, what was extremely valuable to us was the efficiency of the firm. Our past experience working with larger firms was that the patent process was very long and repetitive and we didn't have people who understood our business thus necessitating many cycles of review. The attorneys are very good at capturing the essence of what IP is about and how people use it so we could have faster cycles. They could criticize in a very objective way. Also, the questions they came up with helped refine our ideas to make sure we were well-positioned in our claims. Because we could not talk to investors and customers until the patents were filed, our enterprise software start-up was extremely pressured for time. MLO did their best to accommodate our schedule and I really loved that Heather was also coaching meto do my part and be prepared for the meetings with what was needed. Heather understood our concerns and priorities, playing in the same game with the same goals. I am really happy we selected the Mueller Law Office as our partner in Intellectual Property."
Carole-Ann Matignon
President and CEO, Sparkling Logic, Inc.
San Jose, CA
