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Intellectual Property Investigations and Reverse Engineering

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Cerium Labs offers customized solutions to support IP professionals in patent and reverse engineering investigations of electronic and semiconductor devices. Along with our 20,000 sq ft. analytical laboratory, we have a team of materials scientists and device experts that will provide you with detailed understanding of circuit layout and structural analysis. Our extensive device experience includes microprocessors, CMOS, BiCMOS, SRAM, DRAM, FLASH, DSP, DAC, and micro-controllers.
 
Our services include:
 
PRODUCT TEARDOWN:
Identify components, construct functional block diagrams and determine process node of devices, to establish key elements of your patent.
 
CIRCUIT EXTRACTION:
Whole or partial die schematics can be extracted through de-layering the device to transistor level and identifying components, interconnects, contacts, and vias using our proprietary advanced imaging solution.
 
COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE:
Detailed structural analysis and process flow inference of semiconductor devices
 
PROCESS AND MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION:
Identify manufacturing processes with FIB, SEM, TEM, EDS, EELS, Auger, XPS, FTIR, and Quadrupole and Dynamic SIMS techniques, all in-house at our laboratory in Austin, TX.
 
Whether you need a detailed claim chart or a complete reverse engineering investigation, Cerium Labs is ready to provide customized solutions, fast and efficiently.
 
We help IP Professionals:
  • Leverage intellectual property
  • Successfully enforce patent rights
  • Maximize return on patent portfolio
  • Improve quality of patents and better understand competitive patent position
  • Support Licensing campaigns
  • Prepare for litigation
  • Provide expert witness testimony

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