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About Raymond Van Dyke
Raymond Van Dyke is an IP/Patent Attorney and Educator. In his practice, he helps a variety of clients in their IP matters. He specializes in patent and trademark matters in various technologies, litigation, licensing, and procurement. After being a partner in big firms, he started his own IP consultancy in Washington, DC, with diverse domestic and international clientele and technologies, handling matters at the USPTO, Federal Circuit, and local State and Federal courts. He is an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University and teaches IP courses for engineers, business people, and other professionals at the University of Maryland and George Mason University; also teaches about the history and philosophy of IP, the history of technology, famous inventors and deals, etc. He has also taught at Southern Methodist University, American University, and across the world. Ray also teaches at NIH and other institutions. He is the Senior Vice President of Special Events at LES and Chair of the LES DC Chapter; an AIPLA Fellow and former Chair of a number of Committees; Chair of the Montgomery County Bar Association IP Section, former Board Member of the DC Chapter of the ACM, former Board Member of ITechLaw (Computer Law Association); and continues his involvement in IPO, the MSBA, AIPPI, ABA, BIO, IEEE and other legal and technical organizations. Ray got his BS and MS in Computer Science and a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is licensed to practice in DC, MD, NY, NJ, and TX, as well as the USPTO, and is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, Federal, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Circuit Courts, and a number of District Courts, Court of International Trade and Federal Court of Claims. Ray also continues in his efforts to fight on behalf of the small inventor community in protecting the principles of the patent system.
