Richard A. Dunning, Jr. (“Rick”) has 25 years of experience in law following a decade practicing as an electrical engineer. He provides a full range of intellectual property services to companies and startups, with a focus on strategic patent planning and execution including patent drafting, prosecution, appeals, post-grant procedures, and clearance, invalidity, and non-infringement opinions. Rick’s technical expertise includes computer hardware and software, artificial intelligence, cryptography, blockchain, fintech, networks, wireless communications, geolocation, digital signal processing, semiconductors, circuits, consumer electronics, wearables, biometric sensors, audio, and medical devices. In addition, Rick is skilled at due diligence investigations and contract negotiations, including IP licenses. Rick has also repelled non-practicing entities (“patent trolls”) and shut down counterfeit operations and gray markets around the world.