Troy S. Prince

Practices

• Intellectual Property
• Emerging Technologies
• Life Sciences

Professional Experience

Troy is a registered patent attorney and partner in the Intellectual Property and Life Sciences practice groups. His practice ranges across all facets of intellectual property law, ranging from the initial identification, protection and procurement to the transfer and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Specific examples of Troy's practice include drafting and prosecution of patent, trademark and copyright registration in the U.S. and internationally; assessment and evaluation of intellectual property portfolios for acquisition or sale; drafting and negotiation of a wide range of agreements involving intellectual property rights such as clinical trial agreements, joint development agreements, intellectual property license agreements, software license agreements, and outsourcing agreements; and, litigation of patent infringement claims.

Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Troy practiced for a number of years as an engineer. Troy's masters research also involved human subjects testing at a major medical research center. Immediately prior to joining Thompson Hine, Troy was Vice President of Technology for Orbital Research, Inc., an award winning technology based startup company. Troy is also a named inventor on over 25 patents ranging from micro-devices, and fuel cells to medical devices and aerodynamic control systems.

Troy is admitted to practice in the states of Ohio and New York, before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Technical Experience

Troy has a wide range of experience as both an engineer and a patent attorney across a number of engineering disciplines, and has specific experience in a number of technology fields, including: medical devices and diagnostic equipment; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices including sensors and actuators, micro-fabrication techniques, device packaging, fuel cells, aerosol drug delivery systems; electro-physiological monitoring; clinical trial management for medical device development; feedback control systems and expert systems ranging from predictive adaptive, non-linear, and stochastic controls to fuzzy logic and neural network based controllers; distributed control systems; signals and systems analysis including filter design and optical processing; software systems and software applications; electro-mechanical hardware; robotics and compliant handling of materials; centrifugal separation devices; satellite systems; metal-ceramic composites; bearings; and, aerodynamic systems including distributed aerodynamic control systems and autopilots.

Education

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., 2002, summa cum laude
• Case Western Reserve University, M.S., 1998, Thesis: Feedback Control Techniques for Lower Extremity Functional Electric Stimulation
• Case Western Reserve University, B.S., 1994, cum laude

• Flow control device and method of controlling flow U.S. Patent Number 7,334,760
• Dry physiological recording device U.S. Patent Number 7,286,864
• Pressure sensor with integrated by-functional heater and methods of using U.S. Patent Number 7,258,015
• Aircraft and missile forebody flow control device and method of controlling flow U.S. Patent Number 7,226,015
• Aircraft and missile forebody flow control device and method of controlling flow U.S. Patent Number 7,070,144
• Reconfigurable porous technology for fluid flow control and method of controlling flow U.S. Patent Number 6,866,233
• Flow control device and method of controlling flow U.S. Patent Number 6,837,465
• Dry physiological recording electrode U.S. Patent Number 6,785,569
• Dry penetrating recording device U.S. Patent Number 6,782,283
• Dry physiological recording electrode U.S. Patent Number 7,032,301
• Dry physiological recording device U.S. Patent Number 7,032,302
• Refreshable Braille display system with flexible surface U.S. Patent Number 6,743,021
• Ceramic composite electrolytic device U.S. Patent Number 6,703,153
• Aircraft and missile forebody flow control device and method of controlling flow U.S. Patent Number 6,685,143
• Method and sensor for detecting strain using shape memory alloys U.S. Patent Number 6,622,558
• Refreshable Braille display system U.S. Patent Number 6,354,839
• Ceramic composite electrolytic device and methods for manufacture thereof U.S. Patent Number 6,132,573
• Ceramic composite electrolytic device and methods for manufacture thereof U.S. Patent Number 6,074,771

Additional Publications include:

• "Computationally Efficient Predictive Adaptive Control for Robot Operation in Dynamic Environments and Task Domains," · IEEE Int'l Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), R. Vaidyanathan*, T. Prince, M. Modarreszadeh, and F. Lisy, 2008
• "Your Company Champions Innovation at All Levels…NowWhat?" · Kaleidoscope Magazine, November 2007
• "Bloggers in the Workplace: An Employee's Rights, Risks and Responsibilities;" A. Brens and T. Prince; World at Work Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4, 4th quarter 2006, pgs. 39-48
• "Novel Hierarchical Modular Control Methodology for Closed-Loop Flow-Control Applications"; M. Patel, R. Kolacinski, T. Prince, T. Ng, and J. Myatt; AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 42, No. 5, Sept. - Oct. 2005
• Numerous conference papers, technical reports and research proposals in the fields of MEMS sensors and actuators, advanced control systems, medical devices, aerodynamics, high-temperature ceramic composites, and solid oxide fuel cells

• "Integrating IP Protection with Business Practices", Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Meeting and Speaker Series, March 2012
• "Defining Online Social Networks", part of Webinar titled "Online Social Networking: Risks, Benefits and Practical Considerations", September 2009
• "Managing the Intangible – Intellectual Property Rights – Fundamentals and Application", The Ohio School Boards Association and the Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys, June 2009
• "Integrating IP Protection with Business Strategy"; American Society of Quality, Tri-Section Conference, Kent State University, 2006
• "Intellectual Property - Sustaining Frontline Innovation", OhioMEMS Association 2005 Economic Summit, Cleveland, Ohio, 2005
• "Flow Control Using Intelligent Control Modules for Virtual Aerodynamic Shaping", 21st AIAA Aerodynamics Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2003

• Selected for inclusion in Rising Star Super Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine in 2012