Intellectual property • United States
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
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Sabing Lee
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, United States
Position
Partner
Career
Sabing H. Lee's practice includes strategic patent procurement, patent portfolio management, intellectual property due diligence and general counseling on infringement, licensing, international IP protection and post-grant proceedings. Sabing currently represents clients in a wide range of technologies, with an emphasis on medical devices and procedures and materials science.
Sabing co-chairs the firm’s Medical Devices and Procedures group. In the medical device field, Sabing has worked extensively with cardiovascular, orthopedic, wound care and healthcare AI technologies. He has been involved in the intellectual property strategy and acquisitions of PercuSurge, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic, Inc.), Flex-Foot, Inc. (acquired by Össur hf.), Endius, Inc. (acquired by Zimmer Holdings, Inc.), ev3 Inc. (acquired by Covidien), CardiAQ Valve Technologies (acquired by Edwards Lifesciences), and Tornier/Wright Medical (acquired by Stryker).
Sabing currently serves on the Board of Directors for Octane, an organization that drives technology industry growth and innovation in Orange County by connecting ideas and people with resources and capital.
Sabing has been recognized as a Patent Star in Managing IP's "IP STARS" guide for his outstanding intellectual property legal work in 2018-2021. He has received "Star" recognition in the "Life Sciences Survey" published by Legal Media Group (LMG) Life Sciences from 2012-2019 and 2022-2023. He was noted as being among the top patent strategists in the country for his patent prosecution, patent advisory, strategy and management practice. Sabing was selected for inclusion in the "Southern California Super Lawyers" list for his work in intellectual property law from 2013-2018 by Super Lawyers magazine, and was named to the Daily Journal's list of the "Top Intellectual Property Attorneys of 2014", where he was recognized among the Top 25 Portfolio Managers & Patent Prosecutors of Intellectual Property.
Sabing joined the firm in 1997 and became a partner in 2003.