My practice is focused primarily on intellectual property matters, including patent and trademark prosecution, drafting opinions, valuation and licensing. I also counsel small businesses on business issues and strategy, and attempt to connect innovative companies with venture capital. I have assisted clients with procuring patents in numerous fields, including complex software technologies such as operating systems and modeling software, mobile telecommunications, optics, robotics, jet and rocket engines, electronics and circuit fabrication, materials, medical devices, and machine tools. I am a member of the Virginia Bar and am a registered patent attorney licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.Specialties: Patent prosecution, litigation support, licensing, valuation, portfolio management, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets.Knowledgeable in German.Skilled in Java (J2EE, J2SE, EJB, Servlets, JSP, J2ME and JDBC), Microsoft .NET development, BEA Weblogic, Oracle, Sybase, HTML, JavaScript, C++, C, SQL, Unix, Linux and all Windows.
Listed skills include Patent Prosecution, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Patents, and 21 others.