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David Cain

Registered Patent Attorney

Specializing in the preparation and prosecution of patent application before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Experienced in all phases of complex prosecution including reissues, reexaminations, interferences and appeals.

Former Primary Examiner with the USPTO, examining cryptography, computer security, spread spectrum, cellular phone system, and directional radio.

Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
licensed attorney in Virginia and Texas


Howison & Arnott, L.L.P.
Lincoln Centre Two
5420 LBJ Freeway
Suite 660
Dallas, Texas 75240

HTA - direct (972) 680-6057
fax (972) 479-0464

Email: dcain@dalpat.com

Focusing on US patent prosecution, particularly complex prosecution including:

. Reissues
. Reexaminations
. Interferences
. Appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Former Primary Examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office

. 13 years examining patents in the Special Law Group, examining cryptography, computer security, video scrambling and spread spectrum

Former lead attorney of the patent prosecution group at Thompson & Knight, LLP, Dallas, Texas

Experience in the preparation and prosecution of:

. Cryptography
. Computer Security
. Video Scrambling
. Spread Spectrum
. Computer Networks
. Computer Software
. Computer Hardware
. Cellular Phone Systems
. Directional Radio System
. E-Commerce Protocols
. Electrical Circuits
. Semiconductors
. Mechanical Devices
. Business Methods


LINKS

Crypto

Beginners' Guide to Cryptography.
Cryptography - PCWebopaedia Definition and Links
Cryptography / Export Controls (The Cyberlaw Encyclopedia).
Ciphers by Ritter
Crypto Glossary (by Ritter)
Encryption Policy Resource Page
Ronald L. Rivest's Cryptography and Security
Quadralay Cryptography Archive.
Security and Encryption Links.
Cryptography And Information Security Research Labs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Center for Secure Information Systems at George Mason University
U.C. Davis Computer Security Group.
Pretty Good Privacy - Legal Issues
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Cryptography, PGP, and Your Privacy
Yahoo! - Computers and Internet:Security and Encryption.
Center for Democracy and Technology(CDT), Cryptography Policy Issues.
Electronic Security International.
Crypto Law Survey

Patent Law

US Patent and Trademark Office



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