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Grant M. Ehrlich Ph.D.

Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D. supports technology-based companies in the development and implementation of effective intellectual property (IP) strategies. He has drafted and prosecuted patents and has prepared non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions in fields spanning batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, electrolysis, metallurgy, nanotechnology, displays, sensors, medical devices, magnetic and magnetocaloric materials, ceramics, water treatment, heating systems, lubricants, detergents, coatings, and phosphors. Grant has contributed to multiple IPR petitions directed to lithium-ion battery technology. In addition, Grant has significant licensing experience and has prepared and negotiated domestic and international patent license agreements, technology transfer agreements, and material transfer agreements. Grant's law practice draws on his engineering experience Yardney Technical Products (now EaglePicher) and United Technologies Corporation (now Raytheon), as well as his Ph.D. in chemistry. He also has litigation experience as an expert in batteries, electrochemistry, and materials characterization.

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Talk of the Town: Stites & Harbison Expands Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of New Attorneys and Patent Agents

by Editor, Attorney At Law Magazine, September 11, 2024

Hallmarks of Strong Patents

Battery Venture, Innovation & Partnering session, The International Battery Seminar, Orlando, Fla., March 12, 2024

U.S. Parameters of Export Control when Patenting Dual-Use Technologies

The Patent Lawyer, July/August 2022

Export Compliance Tips for Patenting Dual-Use Tech

co-author, IP Law360, May 19, 2022

Lithium-Ion Batteries

co-author, Linden's Handbook of Batteries, T. Reddy and D. Linden, May 10, 2019

Representing the Startup Venture in Connecticut

panelist, Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers' Section, March 29, 2016

Lithium-Ion Batteries

co-author, Linden's Handbook of Batteries, T. Reddy and D. Linden, November 17, 2010

Lithium-Ion Batteries

co-author, Linden's Handbook of Batteries, T. Reddy and D. Linden, August 30, 2001

Metallic Negative Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Non-aqueous Batteries

co-author, 174 J. Electrochem. Soc. 886, 2000

The Synthesis and Structures of N-ligated W6S8L9 Cluster Complexes

co-author, 34 Inorg. Chem., 4454-9, 1995

New Cerium Nitrides Ce6CI12N2 and CeNCI

co-author, 206 J. Alloys and Compounds, 95-101, 1994

Ruthenium Compounds Containing Pyridyltriazines with Low-Lying * Orbitals

co-author, 29 Inorg. Chem. 998-993, 1990

Bar Admissions
Connecticut
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member
Association of University Technology Managers, Member
American Bar Association, Member
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Member
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, Member; President (2017-18)
The Electrochemical Society, Member; former Chair of the New England Section
SAE, Committee G-21B on Counterfeit and Substandard Batteries
Community Involvement

UConn-TIP (Technology Incubation Program) Bioscience, Entrepreneurship, Volunteer Advisor (2016-present)

Education
Besides Stites & Harbison

Grant has significant past engineering experience including Research Scientist with Yardney Technical Products (1995-2000), Project Leader with UTC Fuel Cells (2000-04), and Program Manager with Pratt & Whitney (2004-07). Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, he was a Patent Agent and then an attorney with a large intellectual property law firm (2007-24).

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America®, Patent Law (2025)

Two Eagle Awards, Pratt & Whitney

NASA Space Act Award, Yardney Technical Products

SBA Tibbetts Award, Yardney Technical Products

Ehrlich Best Lawyers 2025
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Press Releases

Stites & Harbison Expands Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of New Attorneys and Patent Agents

Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of three attorneys and three patent agents to the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. All of the individuals join from one of the nation’s largest full-service intellectual property law firms. With the additions, Stites & Harbison will also be establishing a Hartford, Conn., office in the coming weeks.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC September 12, 2024
Press Releases

Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers® Publications

Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 97 of its lawyers are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication. Additionally, 12 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 30 attorneys are recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC August 16, 2024