Austin Lorch
Austin is registered to represent clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Clients rely on his knowledge and thoughtfulness to navigate the intellectual property landscape, whether they are obtaining IP or avoiding the IP of others. Austin has assisted large corporations, mid-sized entities, and startups.
As a member of the Texas Blockchain Council, Austin is particularly interested in understanding how companies in the bitcoin and digital-asset ecosystem can optimize and execute their IP strategy within the current legal framework.
His practice is particularly geared towards:
- Conducting clearance and freedom-to-operate assessments
- Preparing and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications
- Drafting formal opinions regarding non-infringement and invalidity
- Patent office trial proceedings, including inter partes reviews
- Strategic IP counseling
Working for a diverse group of clients, Austin has experience in a wide range of technologies, including:
- Medical devices – robotic surgical systems, orthopedic implants, and imaging systems.
- Mechanical and Electro-mechanical Systems – construction and mining machinery, door systems, radio-frequency identification systems, engines, and drilling rigs.
- Biotechnology – Biosensors and diagnostic test platforms.
- Retail products – Including camping and outdoor equipment.
- Texas Blockchain Council, member (2023 – present)
- Dallas Bar Association, IP Section (2023 – present)
- Tech Titans, member (2023 – present)
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Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), member (2022 – present)
- “Practical Pointers After Fed. Cir. Double-Patenting Decision,” co-author, Law360 (April 2024).
- “Can A DAO Be Sued? SDNY Case May Hold The Answer,” co-author, Law360 (March 2024).
- “Winning the Digital Asset Frontier,” speaker, North American Blockchain Summit (November 2023).
- “Terminal Disclaimers and Common Ownership,” co-author, The Patent Lawyer (February 2023).
- “AI & Wine Industry,” speaker, AI Chats Episode 21 (August 2022).
- “Expert Editorial: Protecting Your Artificial Intelligence Innovations,” co-author, Wine Industry Advisor (June 2022).
- “A Multi-Actuator Approach to High Bandwidth In Vitro Cardiac Kinematic Simulation,” co-author, IEEE International - Conference on Biomedical Robotics and BioMechatronics, Netherlands (August 2018).
Education
J.D., UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, 2021, cum laude; Managing Editor, IDEA: The Law Review of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property
LL.M., Intellectual Property, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, 2021
B.S., Mechanical Engineering; Minor, Electrical Engineering, University of St. Thomas, 2018
Admissions
Texas
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Jeff Wolfson and Associate Austin Lorch authored an article for Law360 with advice for patent family holders following a Federal Circuit decision. Read an excerpt below. It is generally understood that divisional patents and patents with patent term extension cannot be invalidated based on obviousness-type double patenting, or ODP. It has long been questioned, howe [...]
Frankle, Lorch and Roberts in Law360: Can A DAO Be Sued? SDNY Case May Hold The Answer
March 07, 2024
