Overview
Ningxi Sun is an Associate in the firm’s San Diego office. Her practice focuses on patent-related matters in multiple areas of technology, including medical devices, semiconductor devices and processing, metallurgy and materials science, chemicals, and nanotechnology.
Ningxi received her J.D. from the University of San Diego school of Law, where she served as Comment Editor for the San Diego International Law Journal. During law school, she also externed for Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel at the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Prior to law school, Ningxi worked as a materials analyst, where she was responsible for materials analysis and failure analysis, and providing technical support for clients in the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries. Ningxi received her B.S. in Materials Chemistry and her M.S. in Materials Engineering.
Ningxi worked as a summer associate at the firm in 2023 and joined the firm in 2024.
Clerk or Extern Experience
- Judicial Extern to the Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel, United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Education
- University of San Diego School of Law (USD) (J.D., 2024), Concentration in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
- University of Southern California (USC) (M.S. Materials Engineering, 2017)
- Anhui Normal University (B.S. Materials Chemistry, 2015)
News & Insights
Articles
Ningxi Sun, Saving Genus Claims for Antibody Patents: What We Can Learn From the Foreign Jurisdictions, 25 SAN DIEGO INT’L L.J. 289 (2024)
Medical Device Blog
- Drummond Scientific Expands MedTech Operations with Accu-Glass Acquisition
- Keeping up With AI: FDA Issues Guidance on Predetermined Change Control Plans (PCCPs) for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled Devices
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Devices and Drug Development
Litigation Blog
Aerospace Blog
- Protecting Innovation: Intellectual Property Considerations for NASA’s 2026 Innovative Technology Concepts
- Proposed Uah-Aska Agreement for Drive-And-Fly Aircraft: IP Ownership Issues in Joint Development and Public-Private Partnerships
- NASA’s Breakthrough Superalloy Wins Commercial Invention of the Year
- Raft Acquires N3bula Systems
