Nathan T. Lewis

Nathan T. Lewis

Protecting your chemical formulae, processes, and products.

A registered patent attorney with a degree in chemistry, Nathan worked for over seven years at one of the largest law firms in the world and developed extensive experience in patent procurement, enforcement, and licensing, with an emphasis in patent prosecution and freedom-to-operate opinions. Nathan also has experience in patent reexamination proceedings, successfully guiding patents through the USPTO during litigation. Nathan also has significant experience in technology transactions, non-disclosure agreements, IP due diligence, and IP portfolio review, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.

Nathan has prosecuted patent applications in all the major technology fields, i.e., chemical, biotechnology, electrical, software, and mechanical. Specifically, Nathan has patent experience in rubber and plastics polymer technology, nanotechnology, scintillators, CRISPR, 3-D printing, batteries, automotive fuels and additives, pesticides and herbicides, process oils, crude oil recovery techniques, consumer healthcare products, telecommunications, smart phones, software, internet methods, medical and dental devices, electronics manufacturing, robotics, LCD displays, antennas, scanning electron microscopes, and a variety of consumer products.

In addition, for numerous private entities and Fortune 500 corporate clients, Nathan has advised clients on IP matters in mergers and acquisitions, as well as IP licensing.

Nathan lives with his wife and seven children in Avon, Ohio.  He joined the firm in September of 2011 with the goal of providing clients continued high quality, prompt service at a reasonable cost.


Education

  • Marshall University, B.S. in Chemistry (2000) summa cum laude
  • The Ohio State University, J.D. (2004) with honors

Bar Registrations and Associations

Awards and Publications

  • BNA Award for Excellence in Intellectual Property (2004)
  • “Improving the Patent System for the 21st Century: Optimizing the Requirements to be a Member of the Patent Bar,” 8 Comp. Law & Tech. Rev. 3 (2004)
  • 2018 Ohio Rising Star Selection
    “Considerations for Handling Closely Related Subject Matter in Patent Portfolios in Light of Therasense and the America Invents Act of 2011,” 53 IDEA 1 (2013)