Ralph Albrecht

Ralph P. Albrecht is a US Registered Patent Attorney, an intellectual property (IP) lawyer specializing in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and related business transactions, licensing, contracts, and enforcement and litigation. Ralph works in northern Virginia and has offices in Reston, VA, and works with clients from Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Fauquier, Montgomery counties, as well as throughout the DMV, Washington, DC metropolitan area from Baltimore, MD, to Roanoke, VA, to Washington, DC. A former Am-Law 100 law firm Practice Group Leader, Ralph is experienced in management and leading lawyers and legal practices, as well as practicing in all areas of IP. Ralph during and after his undergraduate BS in electrical engineering with a computer engineering option from Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA USA, began his professional career as a Systems Engineer with international computer company IBM Corporation, serving in various research and development positions, working first in an ergonomics lab for advanced avionic systems and controls & displays, and later in submarine command control systems integration, moved to headquarters in technical marketing to higher education, before specializing in technical marketing and sales, as an IT consultant, client marketing representive to financial and securities companies, travel industry, higher education, and legal and general business, and later attended night school to earn his JD in intellectual property law at George Mason University, in Fairfax, VA USA specializing in patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets and know-how law. A member of the DC and VA bars, and USPTO registered patent attorney, Ralph brings his technical, entrepreneurial, and legal expertise to bear to counsel clients in various business transactions, IP protection, licensing and enforcement, and business contract and licensing law.

• Patent Prosecution
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Patent Litigation
• Government Contracts

• Microsoft Teams

• Free Consultation
  1 hour initial consultation

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

ID Number: 456367

Since 1997

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

ID Number: 43,466

Since 1999

Virginia

Virginia State Bar

ID Number: 72633

Since 2006

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Since 1999

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2017

Partner, US Registered Patent Lawyer, IP Attorney

Reston Law Group, LLP

2023 - Current

Partner

David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP

2020 - 2022

merged effective January 1, 2023 with McMahon, Welch & Learned, PLLC to form Reston Law Group, LLP

Co-Founder and Partner

ATFIRM PLLC

2010 - 2020

formerly Albrecht, Tousi & Farnum, PLLC

Co-Chair, Patent Prosecution Practice Group, Partner

Venable LLP

1999 - 2010

previously with Lane, Aitken & McCann, LLP, merged in May 2000

Associate, IP Associate Lawyer, Patent Attorney

Sterne, Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC

1997 - 1999

Advisory Client Marketing Representative, Account Marketing Representative, Systems Engineer

IBM Corporation

1985 - 1997

IBM Owego, NY; IBM Newport, RI; IBM Jacksonville, FL; IBM Baltimore, MD; IBM Washington, DC; IBM Rockville, MD;

George Mason University School of Law

J.D

1997

IP Law Track

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

B.S

1989

cum laude, Electrical Engineering

Virginia State Bar  # 72633

Member

Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member

1997 - Current

Publication

Publication

Registered Patent Attorney

US Patent & Trademark Office

1999