Ryan O. White

Ryan counsels individual and corporate clients in all areas of intellectual property law, including the preparation, procurement, licensing and enforcement of patents, as well as the drafting and review of licensing and supplier agreements, IP protection clauses and confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements. Another facet of his practice involves patent litigation, where he has assisted clients maneuver through complex patent disputes, including representing clients across a wide array of technology areas before various federal district courts, as well as the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has experience representing clients in administrative proceedings instituted at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including inter partes review (IPR) and Post Grant Review (PGR) proceedings.

Ryan’s practice experience also includes preparing and rendering oral and written patentability, freedom to practice, non-infringement and validity opinions, as well as conducting intellectual property due diligence investigations and audits of usage and ownership. In addition to preparing and facilitating the ongoing prosecution of U.S. patent applications, he has coordinated the filing and prosecution of PCT and national stage foreign patent applications. Ryan has experience working with a diverse range of clients, from small start-up businesses, to Fortune 100 companies. He also has extensive experience assisting with the commercialization of patents through technology transfer offices from major universities and academic institutions, including Purdue University, Indiana University, the University of Cincinnati, Illinois State University, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

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