Richard Myers

Practice Areas

Biotechnology/Life Sciences

Fiduciary Duty, Trade Secret & Unfair Competition Litigation

Intellectual Property & Technology

Patent Prosecution & Protection

Career

Richard Myers is a Member of Stites & Harbison and a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney. His practice focuses on patent-related aspects of intellectual property, including counseling clients on patent infringement, patent validity, and patentability. He has more than two decades of experience with the patent prosecution process. As a former patent examiner and an attorney in the private sector, he has examined or prosecuted over 600 patent applications. With an academic background in chemistry, Richard's practice primarily focuses on life sciences technology, including a wide variety of chemical and pharmaceutical arts.

While serving as a patent examiner, Richard examined patent applications directed to organic chemical compounds, and their methods of use. He issued patents to many international companies.

Professional Memberships

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

American Bar Association

Tennessee Bar Association, IP Section, past chair

Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association

Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), AUTM Annual Meeting Program Committee, former member; AUTM Special Interest Group, past chair

Personal

University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1994

Delta State University, B.S., Chemistry, 1991

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Tennessee

United States Patent and Trademark Office