Of Counsel
chris@rajpatent.com

Chris Novak is a registered U.S. patent attorney focusing on U.S. patent preparation and prosecution, licensing, due diligence, and litigation support.

Chris has drafted and prosecuted United States patent applications for companies ranging from startups to NASDAQ-100 multinational corporations including companies such as Morphics Technology (telecom), Dot Wireless (wireless), Infinera (photonics networking and ICs), SONY, 3COM (networking), VLSI (semiconductors), and SGI (semiconductor) in technology areas including electrical, biotechnical, and mechanical (e.g., memory, computer applications, VLSI, DSP, telecom, networking, s/w, optics, algorithms, semiconductor, biotechnology, etc.) Chris has also worked as in-house counsel for corporations such as Integrated Device Technology and Morphics where he directed and strategized patent and TM prosecution and litigation programs.

Prior to entering law practice, Chris worked as an electrical engineer at Delco-Remy, as a composite structural engineer and fuel systems engineer at LTV aerospace, and as a project engineer at Sundstrand.

Chris Novak earned the following degrees: Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee WI (Am Jur and CALI award); Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (digital signal processing) from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA (90+% percentile GRE); and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (structural and stress engineering) from Marquette University (GM scholar, Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma honorary academic engineering fraternities). Currently, Chris is completing an Associate of Science in Biological Science.

Chris is a member of the United States Patent Bar, and the State Bars of Wisconsin and Colorado, and has been licensed under the Multistate Jurisdiction Program in California.