Ryan Murphy partners with clients to understand their business and individual roles within an industry in order to obtain positive outcomes on their behalf. Much of Ryan’s practice involves advanced electrical, software, and communications devices and systems, medical devices, pharmaceutical compounds and mechanical devices. Exemplary technologies include mechanical and polymer attachment mechanisms, cellular telephony and applications, drug compounds, catheter sheaths, spinal implements, and wireless communication protocols.

Ryan’s experience focuses primarily on inter partes review and patent prosecution, with particular focus on complex issues and litigation-driven inter partes proceedings. He has extensive experience in both initiating and defending inter partes review proceedings within the USPTO to drive positive resolutions for clients. 

Additionally, Ryan has extensive experience in patent prosecution, including both in drafting and prosecuting applications. Ryan’s prosecution practice involves building extensive portfolios in a variety of industries from high tech to chemical clients. 

Education

  • University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (J.D., 2008)
    • Kenyon College (B.A., 2005)
      • Chemistry
    • Case Western Reserve University (B.S., 2005)
      • Chemical Engineering

    Bar Admission

    • Admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2010
    • District of Columbia, 2010
    • Pennsylvania, 2008

    Professional Affiliations

    • American Bar Association 
    • American Intellectual Property Association
    Publications
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    USPTO Introduces New Pre-Order Procedure for Substantial New Question Determinations in Ex Parte Reexamination
    Key Takeaways The USPTO will allow patent owners to file a 30-page pre-order paper before the Office decides whether a reexamination request raises a substantial new question of patentability, effective for requests filed on or after April 5, 2026.  The procedure gives patent owners an earlier chance to influence the SNQ determination, while allowing requesters to respond under a broad standard. Patent owners should quickly assess whether a pre-order submission is warranted based on the patent’s importance and the strength of the request. Early coordination with counsel is critical to meet the deadline and prepare a focused response. The USPTO will now allow patent owners a limited, front-end opportunity to weigh in before the Office decides whether a reexamination request raises a substantial new
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    USPTO Expands PTAB Discretion to U.S. Manufacturing and Small Business
    Key Takeaways The USPTO has formally expanded its discretionary framework. As of March 11, the Director will consider U.S. manufacturing footprint and small business status when deciding whether to institute IPR and PGR proceedings, for cases where the patent owner’s discretionary brief deadline has not yet passed. The Director is now weighing domestic investment and supply chain footprint, a shift that embeds real-economy policy considerations into institution decisions and could influence close cases. Petitioners and patent owners alike should build an early evidentiary record on U.S. manufacturing activity and small business eligibility and integrate those facts into their overall discretionary narrative. USPTO Director John A. Squires issued a short policy memorandum on March 11 adding U.S. manufacturing footprint and small business status as explicit considerations in
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