Richard C. Auchterlonie’s practice focuses on patent and IP litigation and prosecution matters involving complex electrical and computer technology. His litigation practice is focused on fact and expert discovery, analysis, and expert witness preparation regarding prior art, infringement, validity, enforceability, and claim interpretation issues.
He is also engaged in counseling on related patent matters such as pre-litigation investigations, infringement and validity opinions, and prior art studies. Mr. Auchterlonie prepares and oversees the preparation of complex patent applications and is the inventor on five U.S. patents, including a patent on an Offset QPSK Demodulator and Receiver (U.S. Patent No. 4,501,002). Mr. Auchterlonie has also drafted patent applications on cell phones and GPS.
Prior to receiving his law degree, Mr. Auchterlonie worked for GM Proving Ground doing computer programming and design of electronic instrumentation. He also worked for Motorola in the Communications Division on mobile research, multiplexing, signaling, modulation, micro-processors, and later, in the Motorola patent department.
Publications and Speeches
“NCR Antitrust Review of Nuclear Power,” University of Illinois Law Forum, Vol. 1980, No. 4.
“How to Draft Artificial Intelligence and Other Software Patent Applications,” 5th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association, Oct. 5-7, 1989.
Co-Author “Representing the Accused Infringer; Patentschutz von Software in den USA,” Computer & Recht, Jan. 1989, pp. 14-17.
Co-Author “The Classic Defenses Updated,” AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2& 3, 1987, pp. 209-230.
“Patent Claim Drafting in View of the Expansion of Patentable Subject Matter,” 1989 Midwinter Convention, State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Co-Speaker: “How to Prepare a Patent Application on Inventions Relating to Computer Software, Artificial Intelligence, and Expert Systems,” American Intellectual Property Law Association 1988 Mid-Winter Meeting on the Law of Computer Related Technology, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Practice Areas
Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Texas
- Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Claims
Education
- University of Illinois, J.D. magna cum laude
- Purdue University, M.S.Electrical Engineering
- Purdue University, B.S.Electrical Engineering
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
- Illinois Bar Association