Fredrick D. Hamilton is a senior counsel at Munck Butrus Carter, practicing in the Intellectual Property section as a registered patent attorney.

Mr. Hamilton has more than 20 years experience in all areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. His experience extends to patent preparation and prosecution, trademark prosecution, patentability evaluations, infringement opinions and preparation of agreements for technology marketing, litigation support, and the licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.

Mr. Hamilton's experience in the preparation and prosecution of patents in high technology includes microprocessor technology, ATM networks, field emission devices, fiber optic technology, Java methodologies, computer graphics, application management systems for networked computers, advanced audio/video processing systems and medical devices.

Prior to joining Munck Butrus Carter, Mr. Hamilton was general counsel for a pharmaceutical company in Tyler, Texas. He also served as a senior patent attorney with a major Texas law firm and an intellectual property law firm, both in Houston, Texas.