Ryan T. Grace,  Attorney
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Education

University of Nebraska at Lincoln
B.S., Civil Engineering, 2000

Creighton University School of Law
J.D., magna cum laude, 2003

Bar Admissions

The Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska, 2003
U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 2003
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and Federal Circuit, 2003
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2003
Washington State Bar, 2005
U.S. District Court, District of Washington, 2005
The Supreme Court of the State of Washington, 2005

Professional Affiliations

American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
Nebraska State Bar Association
Omaha Bar Association
Washington State Bar Association
Midlands Venture Forum - Omaha

Ryan is a registered patent attorney, principally devoting his practice to the management, procurement and protection of patent rights for some of the largest companies in the world. The patent prosecution aspect of his practice includes a concentration in the areas of food packaging, food processing, software, e-commerce, telecommunications and the mechanical arts. Ryan has also been involved in various litigation matters and has written patentability and infringement opinions.

Ryan worked from Merchant & Gould's Seattle office for three years prior to opening the Omaha office in 2008. He is currently acting as managing partner of the Omaha office, managing a Fortune 500 company client as well as representing several other local, national and international entities. Ryan has been published in two national law journals and a local legal journal. He has spoken at multiple intellectual property seminars and he is an inventor on a patent application.

Articles Authored

Ryan Thomas Grace et al., Patent Experts & Patent Claim Construction after Phillips, Nebraska Lawyer Magazine (February 2008).

Ryan Thomas Grace et al., Potholes in the Road Ahead: The Courts are Reconstructing the Road for Procuring, Marketing and Enforcing Patents, Nebraska Lawyer Magazine (September 2007).

Ryan Thomas Grace, Losing the Forest Among the Trees -Rationalizing the Doctrine of Equivalents and Prosecution History Estoppel in View of the Historical Justifications for Patent Protection, 11 J. Intell. Prop. L. No. 2 (2004).

Ryan Thomas Grace, Note, Defining the Sprawling Arms of Conspiracy: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Correctly Addressed the "Clean Breast" Doctrine as it Affects Withdrawal From a Conspiracy in United States v. Grimmett, 35 Creighton L. Rev. 433 (2002).

Speaking Engagements

1st Annual Entrepreneurship Conference, Omaha, Nebraska (September 21, 2007)

Ryan T. Grace et al, Winning Strategies for Creating and Profiting from IP Assets, Omaha, Nebraska (October 20, 2006)

Professorship

Creighton University Law School, Copyrights