McCord Rayburn

About McCord Rayburn

McCord helps corporate attorneys identify, protect, and manage intellectual property assets to achieve business objectives and stay within budgets. He collaborates with engineers and designers to discover, define, and protect innovative ideas that drive market growth and strategically corner market segments. McCord leads teams of patent attorneys and patent professionals to prepare and prosecute U.S. and international patent applications. McCord has an extremely broad base of technical experience that ranges from software, mobile devices, the field of optical sciences, and image and laser-based data collection devices to the mechanical arts, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. He has developed extensive technical knowledge regarding optical-fiber design as well as manufacturing technologies related to optical fibers and fiber optic cabling. Additionally, McCord has prepared and prosecuted patent applications for voice-recognition software, complex mechanical devices, as well as microwave instruments and microwave-assisted techniques for chemical analysis and synthesis. McCord’s work further includes coordinating inbound U.S. national stage patent application filings for foreign corporations with international patent portfolios. McCord also prepares patentability opinions and counsels clients in various aspects of intellectual property, including trademark and copyright registrations. McCord completed extensive coursework in the areas of both theoretical and experimental physics while earning his undergraduate degree at Washington and Lee University. Specialties: Patent Law

Experience

1. Partner

   Moore & Van Allen PLLC

   Jan 2024 — Present

Education

• University of North Carolina School of Law

  J.D.

  2006 — 2009

• Washington and Lee University

  B.S. cum laude

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Legal Opinions
• Patent Portfolio Management
• Appeals
• Trade Secrets
• Patent Strategy
• Prosecution
• Litigation
• Trademark Infringement
• Patent Preparation
• Patent Portfolio Analysis
• Invention
• Trademark Prosecution
• Patents
• Patent Drafting
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Litigation
• Patentability
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Analysis
• Client Counseling
• Patent Law
• Technology Transfer
• Software Patents
• Patent Applications
• Trademarks
• Registered Patent Attorney