Biography
Bryan Wilson is a registered patent attorney and founder of Bryan Wilson IP Law, PLLC, where he counsels clients on all aspects of intellectual property.
Bryan’s business, legal, and engineering experience enables him to effectively communicate with executives, in-house counsel and inventors. In addition to representing clients in district court litigation, Bryan has served as lead attorney in post-grant trials before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and has drafted licensing agreements for universities, private entities and governments.
Bryan has successfully developed and grown his client’s global patent portfolios across a broad range of complex technologies in the telecommunications, electronics, chemicals & pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and transportation industries. Bryan’s technical areas of expertise include optoelectronics, nanotechnology, quantum computing & spintronics, sensors, photovoltaics, electronic materials, semiconductor fabrication & packaging, composites/alloys, laboratory & microfluidics diagnostics platforms, small-molecule synthesis, and energy storage.
Bryan’s intellectual property law career started nearly 20 years ago at the USPTO, where he worked as a patent examiner in the nanotechnology and semiconductor art unit. Before starting his own law firm, Bryan gained a wealth of experience through his positions at the Miami, FL-based firm of Carey Rodriguez, as well as with Foley & Lardner in Washington, DC, and MH2 Technology Law Group in Tysons Corner, VA. Bryan also worked in-house at a medical device company and served as CEO of a clinical laboratory during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to his legal career, he worked as an engineer for an ultra-high vacuum systems and components manufacturer supporting the semiconductor industry. Before pursuing a law degree, Bryan worked as a graduate research assistant at the University of Florida’s Materials Science and Engineering Department, where he spent many hours in the lab developing and characterizing organic semiconductors for use in flexible displays, solid-state lighting, and photovoltaic applications.
Bryan currently serves as Treasurer of the Florida IP Alliance, has previously served as President of the IP Law Association of Florida, and is a member of the Florida Bar Business Section’s IP Committee.