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Christopher Douglas

Christopher Douglas

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Chris is a proven leader for all aspects of clients’ pre-grant and post-grant proceedings. He provides strategic patent preparation and prosecution as well as touts extensive post-grant experience.

Ranked in the top 1% of active post-grant practitioners nationwide, Chris Douglas’s post-grant practice spans a wide range of technologies and includes inter partes review, post-grant review, and ex parte reexamination proceedings. Chris also oversees pre-grant patent preparation and prosecution, managing patent portfolios to maximize monetization opportunities and support downstream litigation. Clients value his strategic expertise in positioning patent portfolios in both pre-grant and post-grant processes.

Career

Co-leader, firm’s Patents Group; Co-chair, firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board Team.

Publications

USPTO Post-Grant Trials Handbook.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Intellectual Property - North Carolina

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Christopher Douglas co-leads the firm's patent prosecution group and is cochair of the firm's PTAB practice. He has strong experience in patent prosecution and strategy in the high-tech space.

Strengths

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  • Christopher provides a good level of services and is very flexible.

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  • Christopher is a very impressive attorney who is a pleasure to work with.

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  • Christopher consistently delivers exceptional client service, combining deep technical sophistication with strong commercial acumen.

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  • Christopher takes the time to understand the business impact of each decision and formulates a flawless strategy to achieve maximum results.

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  • Christopher is highly knowledgeable, responsive and easy to work with. He combines deep technical understanding with clear, practical legal advice.

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