CHRISTOPHER L. MCKEE
Attorney
Christopher McKee counsels extensively in patent matters,
with much of his current practice devoted to evaluations
of freedom to operate and validity/patentability in the
mechanical and electrical arts.
Mr. McKee has considerable expertise with respect
to patent reexaminations. He has prepared and filed
numerous granted requests for reexamination, and has
successfully defended patents undergoing reexamination. The art areas of these
reexaminations have included electronic design automation (EDA), computer
networking/digital data transmission and dynamic system control.
In addition, Mr. McKee has substantial experience in patent litigation and
licensing matters, and he has prepared and successfully prosecuted scores of
patent applications, in numerous technologies. These include EDA, integrated
circuit fabrication, computer (hardware and software), communications,
medical device and machine tool technologies and consumer appliances. Mr.
McKee’s experience as a patent examiner has given him a particular sensitivity
to examiner concerns, enabling him to negotiate cases to allowance with great
effectiveness.
Christopher McKee began his career in intellectual property law with the U.S.
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), where he served as a patent examiner from
1984-86. There, he examined patent applications in a variety of arts, including
metal founding and metal fusion bonding.
Mr. McKee serves as an adjunct law professor at the Georgetown University Law
Center, teaching a class on Intellectual Property Litigation, Pretrial Skills. He is
a member of numerous professional associations and has served as a faculty
member for Patent Resources Group’s bi-annual patent bar review course,
and as a steering committee member of the Bar Association of the District of
Columbia’s Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section. Mr. McKee chaired the
firm’s New Attorney Education program from 2003 --2009, and remains active
as a presenter in that program.
Mr. McKee earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Iowa
State University in 1983, and his Juris Doctor from the National Law Center of
George Washington University in 1988. He is admitted to the bars of Virginia
and the District of Columbia, and to practice before the Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mr. McKee practices in the Washington, DC office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Office
1100 13th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005-4051
T 202.824.3000
F 202.824.3001
cmckee@bannerwitcoff.com
Education
B.S. 1983, Iowa State University
J.D. 1988, George Washington
University
Bar Admissions
1988, Virginia
1991, District of Columbia
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Practice Areas
Appellate Litigation
Counseling, Opinions & Licensing
Litigation
Patent Interferences
Patent Post-Issuance Proceedings
Patent Prosecution
Trade Dress
Industries
Electrical & Computer Technologies
Internet, E-Commerce & Business
Methods