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Bryan T. Hart

Patent Prosecution & Litigation

Michigan

248-226-2790

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Practice Areas

Industries

  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Automotive
Bryan Hart combines his technical expertise and litigation experience to provide clients with strategic, forward-thinking patent counsel that anticipates both opportunities and challenges across a wide range of industries and technologies. Bryan Hart practices all areas of patent law, specializing in preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the mechanical, electrical, and software arts. He excels at mastering complex technical information while maintaining the big picture and communicating key concepts in a comprehensible, concise, and persuasive manner. His applications have covered artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, machine vision, object tracking for collision avoidance, seatbelt assemblies, airbag assemblies and deployment, vehicle crash testing, additive manufacturing, and automobile frames, among other areas. Bryan has extensive experience in patent litigation. He has participated in cases in federal district court, investigations before the International Trade Commission, and inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. He has experience with a wide variety of technologies, including LTE (long-term evolution) standards, in-dash GPS units, textiles, enterprise storage systems, mobile-phone operating systems, lottery-ticket printing, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) equipment, lithium-ion battery packs, 2D-to-3D conversion software, cloud computing, content distribution networks, piston solid lubricants, and prosthetic knee replacements. His litigation experience helps him keep a patent’s ultimate potential outcome-enforcement-in mind throughout the prosecution process. Bryan is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an Articles Editor for the University of Chicago Review. He is also a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Engineering where he earned his B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering, highest honors. He also serves as the secretary for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and as a member of the Diversity in IP Law Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). In his free time, Bryan enjoys reading X-Men comics and taking his daughter to the local children’s science museum.

Education

J.D., University of Chicago Law School

B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, highest honors

Bachelor of General Studies, University of Michigan, magna cum laude

Organizations & Affiliations

State Bar of Michigan

State Bar of California (inactive)

State Bar of Illinois (inactive)

State Bar of New York

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee – Secretary

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) – Diversity in IP Law Committee

Tompkins County (NY) Bar Association

Industries

  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Automotive

Presentations

Co-presenter, “Overcoming 101 Rejections for Computer and Electronics Related Patents”, Strafford, November 2024

Insights

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