Keith Rawlins Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

I am head of patents in charge of retaining and onboarding new clients, and developing existing clients' patent portfolios.My role includes administering and managing the Patent Team, including implementing and modifying protocol and systems for client intake, patent preparation, patent prosecution, file management, reporting to client, corresponding with foreign agents, and Patent Team training/development.I also provide pre-litigation support, for example, by helping clients identify portentially infringing products or processes.

Plano, Tx

• I frequently coordinated with in-house counsel and business owners to meet client goals• I understand the goal of prosecution for patent families, and instructed foreign patent agents for meaningful international patent coverage that is consistent with US patent scope, minimizing exposure of estoppel across the family• I provided advice/opinions for US patents, copyrights, and trademarks, including non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions o 20 patent invalidity opinions (ranging from 200 to 500 pages) o 15 patent non-infringement opinions o 5 patent freedom-to-operate opinions o Provided advice for invalidating a patent in the European Union, resulting in narrowing of claims that eliminated risk of infringement and provided favorable basis for the invalidating the corresponding US patent• I managed and developed a copyright portfolio for a publishing and instruction company in the field of education, including necessary agreements to ensure 100% copyright ownership• I provided pre-litigation support for small businesses that are accused of infringement and that own IP assets, and provided advice about the liability and cost of the case • I managed and developed an international trademark portfolio for a non-profit in the music industry

Houston, Texas

I was retained by various small-to-medium sized intellectual property firms for patent preparation and prosecution services during the Great Recession, in the areas of software, petrochemicals, and oil and gas. Clients ranged from small business to Fortune 100 companies.

Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

The Woodlands, Texas

Kingwood, Texas

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Managing Editor, Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal Member, Intellectual Property Student Organization

B.S., Chemical Engineering

Recipient, Chevron Scholarships.

B.A., Music

Most Outstanding Graduate, School of Music Recipient, Fiske Scholarships