Christopher Swickhamer

During his career in private practice he has led programs to harvest inventions from inventors, counseled clients on which inventions to pursue patent protection, and drafted and prosecuted patent applications to issuance in the US and major foreign patent offices, including in Japan, Europe, China, and Canada.  

Chris formerly worked as a patent examiner with the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) where he examined patent applications in Multiplex Communications. He has also held associate positions at law firms Loeb & Loeb LLP, and Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 

Preparation and Prosecution 

• Domestic and international patent preparation and prosecution  
• Standards-related patents 

Opinions and Counseling 

• Patent infringement counseling and opinions 
• Patent validity analysis and opinions 
• Product patent clearance counseling and opinions 

Patent Licensing and Due Diligence 

• Strategic patent acquisitions 
• IP due diligence 

Pre-litigation and Litigation Strategies 

• Inter Partes Review (IPRs) 
• Pre-litigation strategies 
• Pre-suit patent infringement investigations

TECHNOLOGIES 

Electrical/Electronic/Computer Science 
Wireless telecommunications, standards-based technologies, networks, computers, electronic trading platforms, data analytics, search engines, social networking, secure wallet technology, cryptography, circuits, hard drives, control systems, and electronic payment systems 

• Illinois Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, Intellectual Property, 2014-2016