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Christopher P. Lightner

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Senior Associate
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Chris Lightner is a senior associate in the Intellectual Property – Mechanical Patents Group, where he focuses his practice on the procurement of patents for wide-ranging technologies, including mechanical and electro-mechanical devices, medical devices, composite materials, manufacturing processes, and business methods. He regularly prepares and prosecutes patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and is experienced in counseling clients on patent portfolio strategies, licensing negotiations, and patent validity, infringement, and enforceability. Chris is also a member of the firm’s Hiring and Sustainability Committees.

Chris is active with the Atlanta Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section, currently serving as its Vice Chair and as Chair of the Section’s keystone SpringPosium event. Chris also serves on the Patent Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, the Patent Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the newly formed SIPO Liaison Council. In the community, Chris serves on the Board of Directors of Omosaze, a non-profit organization providing struggling elementary-aged students with quality after-school reading instruction.

Prior to law school, Chris worked for Boeing as a mechanical engineer on the National Missile Defense program. At Boeing, Chris gained experience with early detection, tracking, target discrimination, and precision intercept through force of hit-to-kill technologies.