Austin Lorch
Biography
Austin Lorch helps global enterprises transform technical breakthroughs into lasting business value. He partners with in-house counsel and business leaders to develop patent strategies that protect critical technologies, accelerate product launches, and strengthen market position. He also provides practical, business-oriented guidance on leveraging intellectual property to reduce risk, gain competitive advantage, and support long-term growth.
His practice spans the full patent lifecycle, including:
- Conducting freedom-to-operate and clearance assessments
- Preparing and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications
- Representing clients in post-grant proceedings, including inter partes reviews
- Drafting formal opinions on non-infringement and invalidity
- Providing strategic IP counseling
Austin advises clients across diverse industries and technologies, including medical devices and robotic systems, mechanical and electro-mechanical systems, biotechnology and diagnostic platforms, data center infrastructure, and consumer products. By combining deep technical expertise with a strategic, results-driven approach, he helps clients align their intellectual property portfolios with broader business objectives.
Austin Lorch helps global enterprises transform technical breakthroughs into lasting business value. He partners with in-house counsel and business leaders to develop patent strategies that protect critical technologies, accelerate product launches, and strengthen market position. He also provides practical, business-oriented guidance on leveraging intellectual property to reduce risk, gain competitive advantage, and support long-term growth.
His practice spans the full patent lifecycle, including:
- Conducting freedom-to-operate and clearance assessments
- Preparing and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications
- Representing clients in post-grant proceedings, including inter partes reviews
- Drafting formal opinions on non-infringement and invalidity
- Providing strategic IP counseling
Austin advises clients across diverse industries and technologies, including medical devices and robotic systems, mechanical and electro-mechanical systems, biotechnology and diagnostic platforms, data center infrastructure, and consumer products. By combining deep technical expertise with a strategic, results-driven approach, he helps clients align their intellectual property portfolios with broader business objectives.
- Texas Blockchain Council
- Dallas Bar Association, IP Section
- Tech Titans
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Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
- “The Terminator: USPTO Ends AFCP 2.0 Program,” co-author, Haynes Boone IP Alert (September 2024).
- “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
Wolfson and Lorch in Law360: Practical Pointers After Fed. Circ. Double-Patenting Decision
April 19, 2024
Frankle, Lorch and Roberts in Law360: Can A DAO Be Sued? SDNY Case May Hold The Answer
March 07, 2024