Christopher Horgan

Washington, DC
Phone: 202.683.9317
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Christopher Horgan is Senior Patent Counsel to the firm, and has significant experience in patent licensing, prosecution, and litigation.

Mr. Horgan has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the electrical, mechanical, and computer arts, including computer hardware and software, wireless communications, cyber security technologies, big data applications, and LIDAR systems.  Mr. Horgan also has experience preparing and drafting trademark applications before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.  Mr. Horgan has worked extensively with independent inventors and start-up businesses in Silicon Valley.

Mr. Horgan was a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where he examined patent applications in the photocopying and semiconductor packaging arts.

Education

• J.D., Cum Laude, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1995
• M.B.A., Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1990
• B.S.E.E., Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 1986

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of California (No. 183114)
• United States Patent & Trademark Office (Reg. No. 40,394)
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit