Law Offices of Raouf T. Rizk

Introduction: Mr. Rizk practices predominantly in the areas of patent preparation, patent prosecution, and intellectual property litigation. Raouf's practice also includes handling civil litigation matters as well as transactional matters such as contracts, NDAs, and intellectual property licensing. As a software engineer and information technology professional, Raouf has over 14 years' experience working with various software, computer, and electrical technologies, including Internet hosting, database and Internet applications, semiconductors, telecommunications, as well as foreign exchange/financial systems. Raouf's patent prosecution/litigation experience include, but has not been limited to, preparing and prosecuting U.S. and PCT patent applications in a variety of electronic, software, hardware, and chemical arts; infringement and validity studies; civil litigation support; trademark practice; and in-house counsel practice. Representative arts of Raouf's patent practice include computer hardware/software, digital signal processing, navigation systems, loudspeakers, wireless networking, GPS systems, vehicle navigation systems, audio receivers and transducers, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), magnetic resonance imaging systems (MRI), chrome-like coating, chemiluminescent compositions, and nutraceutical compositions.