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Member

Hartford Office Executive Member

Grant M. Ehrlich Ph.D.

860-616-5572

Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D. advises technology-based companies on developing and implementing effective intellectual property (IP) strategies. He has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patents, as well as preparing non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions. His work spans diverse fields including clean energy and electrochemical systems (batteries, fuel cells, carbon capture, and electrolysis), materials (ceramics, lubricants, metals, minerals, and thermoelectric materials), chemicals (catalysts and detergents), water treatment, medical devices (implants, oxygenators), and emerging technologies such as quantum materials, sensors, and optical systems for displays and wavelength conversion. Grant has contributed to multiple IPR petitions directed to battery technology. In addition, he has 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 at 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.

Bar Admissions

Connecticut

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Firm Leadership

Hartford Office Executive Member (2024-present)

Memberships

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Association of University Technology Managers

American Bar Association

Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association

  • President (2017-18)

The Electrochemical Society

  • 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

J.D.,

2008

With Honors

University of Connecticut School of Law

Visiting Scientist,

1994-95

The University of Nantes

Ph.D.,

1995

Chemistry

Cornell University

M.S.,

1991

Inorganic Chemistry

Cornell University

B.A., Chemistry,

1989

Grinnell College

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 (2025-26)

Two Eagle Awards, Pratt & Whitney

NASA Space Act Award, Yardney Technical Products

SBA Tibbetts Award, Yardney Technical Products

Contact Resources

Grant Ehrlich's LinkedIn Profile