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Chris Douglas is an accomplished pre- and post-grant patent practitioner. Chris focuses his practice on counseling and securing foreign and domestic patent rights for his clients. Chris's experience includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in a broad range of telecommunications and computer-based technologies, with an emphasis on virtual infrastructure, Internet architecture, mobile signaling, image processing, search technologies, satellite and broadcast television, mobile applications, wireless technologies, natural language processing and the like. While Chris has experience representing Fortune 100 companies, he also has developed intellectual property portfolio strategies and valuation analyses for startup and early stage companies. Chris has experience in post-grant proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Chris is responsible for four completed inter partes re-examination proceedings resulting in all original claims confirmed.

McCord Rayburn concentrates his practice on U.S. and international patent preparation and prosecution, as well as patent portfolio management. He has an extremely broad base of technical experience that ranges from software, mobile devices, the field of optical sciences, and image and laser-based data collection devices to the mechanical arts, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. McCord has developed extensive technical knowledge regarding optical-fiber design as well as manufacturing technologies related to optical fibers and fiber optic cabling.. McCord’s practice also involves the management of the international patent portfolio of the leading manufacturer of high-performance image and laser-based data collection hardware and software for the retail, healthcare, transportation, and logistics markets. Additionally, McCord prepares and prosecutes patent applications for complex mechanical devices as well as microwave instruments and microwave-assisted techniques for chemical analysis and synthesis. McCord’s work further includes coordinating inbound U.S. national stage patent application filings for foreign corporations with international patent portfolios. McCord also prepares patentability opinions and counsels clients in various aspects of intellectual property, including trademark and copyright registrations. McCord completed extensive coursework in the areas of both theoretical and experimental physics while earning his undergraduate degree at Washington and Lee University.