Ross focuses on patent prosecution for inventions in semiconductor processing, weapons systems, vehicle drivetrains, medical devices, chemical technology, and outdoor equipment. Ross prepares opinions related to infringement and validity in addition to representing clients in patent challenges and post-grant proceedings, such as reexaminations and inter partes review proceedings in the USPTO. Ross also obtains trademarks and counsels clients in trademark matters.
Ross provides strategic counseling to clients in entertainment, including authors, musicians, studios, and companies who use artistic works created by others. Ross is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire where he teaches Entertainment Law.
Ross received his Juris Doctor and Masters of Intellectual Property dual degree cum laude from the University of New Hampshire School of Law, where he was an articles editor and notes editor for IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review. Ross earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to law school, Ross worked for about a decade in applied research for SBIR-funded companies to research and develop technologies involving wide-bandgap semiconductors, fuel cells, catalysis, water purification, and recovery of chemical species. Ross also worked as a professional musician and recording artist based in Nashville, TN and Boulder, CO, including national and international tours, studio recording sessions, songwriting, and music production in a wide variety of music genres.
Ross is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to the bars of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
