Christopher Moreno

Education

J.D., The John Marshall Law School

M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering

Admissions

Illinois State Bar

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Practice

Chris Moreno has almost 30 years of experience in the intellectual property field. His time has been devoted largely to the art of patent preparation and prosecution, both in the U.S. and worldwide.

Having represented a wide range of clients from startups, universities and Fortune 500 companies (such as Motorola, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Toshiba, Nokia and AT&T), Chris has prepared over 500 original U.S. patent applications and prosecuted approximately 3-4 times that number of patent applications both domestically and overseas in a broad spectrum of technologies in the mechanical, electrical, software, and business method areas. He also regularly advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property portfolio development and assertions, including the preparation of patent infringement and validity studies. Chris has successfully resolved foreign oppositions and appealed adverse decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (now the Patent Trial and Appeal Board) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Chris has also assisted in patent litigation concerning steganographic techniques and sunglasses.

Throughout his career, Chris has mentored less experienced attorneys and technologists in all phases of patent preparation and prosecution, including in-house seminars for non-attorneys and legal professional presentations. Chris has also published various articles concerning legal developments in the realms of business method and software-based patents.

In his law career, Chris was a partner at general practice firm Vedder Price, worked as an associate at boutique law firm Banner & Witcoff and as in-house counsel for a medical device startup company. Prior to that, Chris worked at Motorola as a patent agent in the Law Department and as an electrical engineer specializing in digital signal processing.

Practice Areas

Patent Office Practice

Patent Drafting

Patent Prosecution

Appeals to the PTAB

Patent Litigation

District Court Litigation

Pre-litigation Diligence

Other Practices

Due Diligence

Legal Opinions and Counseling

Global Portfolio Planning and Management

Industrial Focuses

Chris has experience in the following technology areas, among others:

Automated medication delivery systems

Biometric security

Computer communication protocols

Database anonymization

Diesel engine braking systems

Document proofing/analysis systems

Fluorescent microscopy

Hydraulic turbine systems

Implantable medical devices

Linear actuators

Medical equipment

Natural language document processing

Rotational sensors

Social media analysis systems

Video/graphic processing and co-processors

Voice recognition systems

Wireless telecommunications, including mobile and infrastructure technologies

Software and business methods

Professional Recognition

Named one of the “2010 Top 100 Influentials” by HispanicBusiness magazine and was also selected by his peers for inclusion in Illinois Rising Stars 2008 and 2009 editions.

​*Practice under the supervision of Virginia admitted attorneys.