Richard Irving

Practice focused on patent application preparation and prosecution of electrical and computer-related inventions.

Technologies included natural language spoken dialog systems, handheld processing devices, telephony systems, and signaling system 7.

Practice focused on patent application preparation and prosecution of electrical and computer-related inventions.

Technologies included computer networking, mobile communications, telephone networks, computer security, speech recognition and quantum cryptography.

Practice focused on patent application preparation and prosecution of software-related inventions.
Technologies included operating systems, object-oriented programming, caching and cellular communications.

Practice focused on patent prosecution and preparation of mechanical, electrical and software-related inventions.

Managed patent prosecution for a client in the cellular communications field.

Supervised patent drafting by patent agents and junior level attorneys.

Provided support for patent infringement litigation involving MRI technology.

Designed and developed software to implement a packet switching networking product. Also provided technical support as a manager and engineer for the packet switching networking product.

Designed and implemented software enhancements for a networking product, such as the X.25 Multilink protocol,

Designed and developed a network gateway as a senior member.

Performed system integration testing and debugging.

Received a Management Award as a result of the project’s success.

Planned, scheduled and assigned work to a group of software engineers who developed and implemented computer communications software for GEIS’ network.

Worked at customer’s site to write a development, test and evaluation plan to verify the capabilities of an upgraded Network Access System (NAS), which was a PDP-11/34 which provided terminal and processor users access to a packet-switched network.

Managed and led a project which included designing and writing software to implement the X.25 communication protocol for a local area networking facility.

Managed and led a project to develop and implement software for bus interface units (BIUs). The software provided the BIUs with the ability to communicate with asynchronous terminals.

Designed software modifications and additions to a real-time emitter environment simulator which resided on a PDP-1l/60 with an RSX-ll/M operating system.

Designed and implemented a real-time emitter environment simulator which was used to fully test the capabilities of a computer-managed airborne receiver system.

Served three one-year tours with various offices.

Achieved early completion of the Data Systems Intern Program.

Served as chairman of the Intern Panel Advisory Board, a group which represented interns before management.