Overview
Tyler Drye, Ph.D., is an associate in Sterne Kessler’s Electronics Practice Group, where his practice focuses on post-grant proceedings, patentability disputes, and prosecution strategy before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Tyler represents patent owners and challengers in post-grant review (PGR), inter partes review (IPR), and ex parte reexamination proceedings involving electrical, computer, semiconductor, and other advanced technology patents. He develops invalidity and patentability strategies, works closely with technical experts, and advises clients on the procedural and substantive issues that arise in high-stakes patent disputes and post-grant proceedings.
Drawing on experience from both inside and outside the USPTO, Tyler provides strategic insight into how patentability issues are evaluated by the Office. Before joining Sterne Kessler, Tyler served as a patent examiner at the USPTO, where he examined semiconductor-related inventions, including semiconductor devices, manufacturing processes, and fabrication equipment. He also practiced as a patent agent prior to and during law school, preparing and prosecuting patent applications across a broad range of technologies and developing substantial experience in patent procurement and post-issuance proceedings.
Tyler’s practice is informed by a broad technical background spanning physics, materials science, chemistry, and electrical technologies. His experience includes semiconductor devices, batteries and power management, displays, wireless communications, robotics, additive manufacturing, advanced materials, and optical systems. This cross-disciplinary perspective allows him to rapidly assess complex technologies, identify key technical distinctions in the prior art, and develop persuasive positions in PTAB and reexamination proceedings.
Tyler writes and speaks on PTAB practice, discretionary-denial issues, patent validity challenges, and the intersection of post-grant proceedings and patent prosecution strategy.
Tyler earned his J.D. from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. in physics from Clemson University.
Education
- J.D., George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
- Ph.D., Chemical Physics, University of Maryland
- B.S., Physics, Clemson University