G. Christopher Braidwood

Patent Attorney - Partner

direct: 312.854.8363

main: 312.291.0860

fax: 312.291.0864

email: cbraidwood@lsk-iplaw.com

Professional Experience

Chris Braidwood has practiced patent law for over 15 years.  He helps the clients of Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC protect their inventions both domestically and abroad.  Chris enjoys counseling the firm’s clients in licensing and other transactions once the intellectual property (IP) rights are secured.  Chris specializes in the electrical, electromechanical, and computer software fields, with experience in semiconductor device fabrication, analog and digital circuits, MEMS and other microsystems, optical and photonic devices, engine controls, medical devices, power electronics, process control systems, wireless communications, and enterprise software.  Chris currently enjoys the wide variety of challenges presented by representing high-technology startups, university technology transfer offices and multinational corporations.

His experience also includes work in-house in a venture capital (VC) firm with a portfolio of startups in the microsystems and nanotechnology areas.  Chris handled licensing and other transactional work, conducted IP due diligence for VC investments, and counseled the startups on IP portfolio management.

primary expertise areas

Electrical Engineering

Semiconductors

Optics

Licensing

Patent Prosecution

state bar admissions

Illinois

Michigan

Admissions

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Education

J.D., cum laude, University

of Michigan Law School, 1995

B.S.E., summa cum laude,

Electrical Engineering,

University of Michigan, 1992