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.
Southeast-based law firm poaches Cantor Colburn attorneys as part of CT, Northeast expansion
by Harriet Jones, Hartford Business Journal, October 14, 2024
Stites & Harbison Eyes Conn. Office With Patent Team Pickup
by Martin Bricketto, Law360, September 12, 2024
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
UConn-TIP (Technology Incubation Program) Bioscience, Entrepreneurship, Volunteer Advisor (2016-present)
University of Connecticut, Institute of Materials Science, Advisory Board Member
With Honors
University of Connecticut School of Law
The University of Nantes
Chemistry
Cornell University
Inorganic Chemistry
Cornell University
Grinnell College
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).
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
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.
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.