Practice Areas
Education
- B.A., Queens College of New York, 1982, Chemistry Honors
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Notre Dame University, 1988
- J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 2005
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000
Christopher (Chris) J. Knors, Ph.D.
Chris Knors is an associate in the Triangle office. Dr. Knors' practice is focused in technologies that involve chemistry, polymers and materials, such as pharmaceuticals, herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, medical devices, coatings, semiconductors, glasses, lubricants, rechargeable batteries and metallurgy. Dr. Knors provides counseling with regard to patent portfolio management and strategy with issues that include licensing, collaborations and technology acquisitions, patent validity, infringement and design around strategies.
Dr. Knors has performed intellectual property due diligence investigations on behalf of clients seeking to acquire medical devices and early and late stage pharmaceutical product candidates, and assisted in technology transfer in the medical device and pharmaceutical fields.
Dr. Knors practiced intellectual property law in Raleigh, North Carolina prior to joining Moore & Van Allen.
Of Note
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More than 15 years of R&D and management experience from IBM, Exxon and Becton Dickinson.
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Research experience in DUV integrated circuit photoresist development, anti-reflective coatings, MOCVD, metallization, supercritical fluids, polymer formulation and processing, lubricants, protein modification, stem cell and tissue media, biocompatible implants and biosensors.
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Inventor or co-inventor on 19 US patents and more than 40 international patent applications.
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Author or co-author of multiple journal articles in organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry, material science and bioengineering disciplines.
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Chemical Society