Patent Attorney

Varun Bhardwaj focuses his practice on strategic patent portfolio development. Mr. Bhardwaj has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technology areas, including software systems, digital signal processing, consumer electronics, chemicals, medical devices, biotechnology, and clean technology.

Mr. Bhardwaj graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. While at Hastings, Mr. Bhardwaj was involved in many organizations and activities, including Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Hastings Science & Technology Law Journal, Hastings Intellectual Property Association, and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.

Mr. Bhardwaj worked in research & development engineering, developing chemical detectors for identification of toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents present in an ambient environment. His graduate school research involved studying noninvasive treatments for low back pain using cross-linking agents to augment the collagen cross-linking in intervertebral discs of the spine. His undergraduate research involved intracellular drug delivery through the use of ultrasound and heat shock of skin cells.