Ryan J. Schermerhorn

Patent Attorney - Associate

direct: 312.854.8362

main: 312.291.0860

fax: 312.291.0864

email: rschermerhorn@lsk-iplaw.com

Professional Experience

Ryan Schermerhorn has drafted and prosecuted patent applications and conducted legal research on emerging patent law issues.

Legal Experience

Ryan clerked at this firm for two years before joining the firm as a full-time associate in the fall of 2010. Prior to joining what is now Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC, Ryan worked as a patent law clerk for a mid-size intellectual property law firm in Chicago.

Non-Legal Experience

While at the University of Illinois, Ryan taught an engineering course for freshman engineers and also served as a research assistant for the Comparative Constitutions Project at the Cline Center for Democracy.   

Honors and Distinctions

Recipient, Patent Resources Group Future Leaders Scholarship

Recipient, Allen J. Hoover Intellectual Property Memorial Award

Recipient, DePaul University Class of 1962 Scholarship

Editor, Business and Lead Articles, DePaul Journal of Art, Technology, & Intellectual Property

Student Editor, American Bar Association, 2010 Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments

Executive Board Member, Chicago Alumni Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Memberships and Affiliations

American Intellectual Property Law Association

American Bar Association

Richard J. Linn American Inn of Court for Intellectual Property

primary expertise areas

Mechanical

Systems & Operations

Patent Prosecution

state bar admissions

Illinois

Admissions

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Education

J.D., cum laude, DePaul

University College of Law, 2010

B.S., with honors, General

Engineering, University of

Illinois at Champaign-

Urbana, 2007