Education

Stanford University - B.S. Electrical Engineering 1993 (Computer software specialty)
University of Minnesota - J.D. 2001, cum laude

Bar Admissions

Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Admitted to the bar in Minnesota.

Professional Experience

Raymond is a registered patent attorney who focuses on patent application and prosecution in the electrical, software, and medical device areas. Prior to joining Shumaker & Sieffert, Raymond served as in-house patent counsel at ACIST Medical Systems, a medical device company located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. In addition, Raymond worked as an associate at the firms of Fish & Richardson and Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner in Minneapolis, where he specialized in patent application and prosecution work. While working at Fish & Richardson, Raymond also spent some time in a litigation-support role, when he conducted detailed analyses of a variety of patents in both the electrical and software areas.

Before practicing law as a patent attorney, Raymond worked for close to 5 years with AT&T/Lucent Technologies as a software developer, designer, and architect. During his time with AT&T/Lucent, Raymond worked with different development teams to help deliver network management solutions to various customers.

Representative Technologies

* Business methods (E-commerce)
* Computer hardware
* Computer software
* Internet security
* Networks
* Medical devices
* Mechanical devices
* Telecommunication
* Wireless