Ralph Albrecht Email & Phone Number

An IP, Registered US Patent Attorney/Lawyer, electrical engineer (JD, George Mason Univ., and B.S. EE, VA Tech), with a focus on Patent Law for information and cybersecurity, financial and securities industry technologies, government contractor industries, information technology and computer hardware, software & services industries, and electromechanical inventions, artificial intelligence (AI) & machine learning (ML) inventions, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and Large Language Models (LLMs) like generative pre-trained systems like OpenAI ChatGPT, IT, telecommunications, business methods, Fintech, medical device & consumer products industries; prior to law, IT Security and ergonomics, Systems Engineering, IT consulting, R&D, marketing, sales, and business development for IBM to financial, insurance, and travel industries. Albrecht was named a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation March 26, 2014, and previously named an American Bar Association Foundation (ABAF) Fellow, 2009. Albrecht is a past Trustee to the BADC Foundation, and past President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (BADC) (2008-2009), where he previously Chaired its Patent Trademark and Copyright (PTC) Section (2003-2004). Albrecht founded his own intellectual property boutique lawfirm with two partners in 2010, after spending the previous decade as partner with AMLaw 100 lawfirm Venable LLP (after his firm merged in 2000), during which he Co-Chaired the Patent Prosecution Practice Group (2000-2004).Specialties: Intellectual Property(IP) and Patent law, IP (patent, copyright and trademark) Licensing, financial services & securities industry patent protection, computer hardware, cybersecurity, IT security, software, networking, communications (including wireless and cellular) and telecommunications, encryption/decryption, compression/decompression, audio, video and other data processing, patent protection, electrical, electronics, & electromechanical technologies, data processing systems, software and business methods patent protection, consumer electronics, medical, & consumer products industry experience, with extensive technical presentation skills, experienced in all aspects of patent prosecution before the USPTO & obtaining foreign patent protection using foreign associates, technology & IP licensing, legal opinion analysis, enforcement, infringement defense, and IP litigation. US SECRET Clearance (inactive).

Listed skills include Patents, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Patent Prosecution, and 53 others.