Rory Pheiffer works with clients to develop patent portfolios, domestically and abroad, that align with their business goals. He also counsels clients on patent opinion and product clearance matters, IP due diligence issues on the buyer and seller side, license negotiations, and trademark portfolio growth and enforcement in conjunction with building the client’s brand.

Clients rely on Rory’s technical knowledge, which he honed while earning a degree in mechanical engineering from MIT, to protect inventions across a diverse area of technologies and fields, including: 3D printing, aircraft, biotechnology, cleantech, consumer products, digital cameras, electric vehicles, electronics and lighting, fluid dynamic applications, medical devices, robotics, software and mobile applications, thermovoltaics, and a variety of other mechanical and electrical-mechanical systems.

Rory has proven to be particularly adept at building out large patent portfolios for clients in the medical device field, including for: anastomotic and occlusion devices; bone plates and adhesives; electrochemical meters and cells; gastric bands and bypass procedures; hydrocephalus valves; ligament repair devices and procedures; surgical staplers and clip appliers; nucleic acid analysis devices and methods; photodynamic therapy; spinal implants, including anchors, rods, cages, cross-connectors, and instrument to insert the same; sutures, suture anchors, and related surgical methods; tissue cutting and sealing devices; and trocars, retractors, and seal elements.