Featured Practice Areas

Electrical Engineering – Electronic component designs, circuitry, metering devices, optical and electro-optical devices

Computing and Information Analysis – Software and business methods, RFID technologies and applications, internet and e-commerce

Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical – Pharmaceuticals, assay systems, anti-microbials, life sciences

Chemical Engineering and Materials – Films, polymer science, electrical component materials, textile chemistry, nanoparticles, carbon dots

Gaming and Entertainment – Lottery and card games, materials for games of chance, sporting goods

Mechanical Engineering – Vehicle components and hardware, ordnance and projectiles, printing materials, medical devices

Textile and Manufacturing – Woven and non-woven textiles, conveyors, accumulators and complex machinery, textile chemistry

Complex Patent Prosecution – Preparing, prosecuting, managing, and consolidating worldwide patents and applications, using cutting edge electronic infrastructure

Litigation and Dispute Resolution – Enforcing and defending intellectual property rights in Courts, counseling on pre-litigation strategies and/or avoidance, and negotiating settlement of disputes

Trademarks, Copyrights and Designs – Protecting, transferring, and defending trademarks, service marks, trade dress, copyrights, and patented designs

E-Commerce and E-Business – Advising on internet and electronic business issues, such as domain name registrations, meta tags, cybersquating, licensed use of materials, and business method and e-commerce patents

Intellectual Property Counseling – Managing and advising on all facets of intellectual property practice faced by in-house attorneys and other decision makers

 
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11/16/2009
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Ryan P. Harris

Ryan P. Harris


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Representative Practice Areas:


  • Preparing and prosecuting patent applications both in the Unites States and internationally.
  • Managing intellectual property portfolios and providing related client counseling.

Experience:


  • Ryan joined Dority & Manning in 2007.
  • Ryan has familiarity with technologies such as macro and micro chemistry, polymers, biochemical delivery systems, chemical and mechanical process controls, reaction chemistry, thermodynamics, chemical separations, and textile technology.
  • As an undergraduate at Clemson University, Ryan participated in research on organic polymers, specifically, applications involving chemically tailored polymeric layers grafted to and from a copolymer film surface.

Professional Background:


  • Education: Clemson University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, summa cum laude, 2004); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2007).
  • Admitted to Practice: South Carolina; U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
  • Member: American Bar Association; American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Carolina Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Law Association.
  • Honors: Southeastern Environmental Law Journal (Editorial Board); Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Fraternity); Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity), Western S.C. Section AIChE Scholastic Achievement Award (Chemical Engineering highest scholastic average); Clemson University Faculty Scholarship Award (highest scholastic average in graduating class).