Timothy W. Riffe is a Principal in the Washington, D.C., office of Fish & Richardson. His practice emphasizes post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), patent litigation, strategic patent counseling and prosecution. Mr. Riffe has experience representing both patent owners and petitioners in inter partes review and covered business method review proceedings before the PTAB. Mr. Riffe’s extensive litigation and prosecution/counseling experience combined with his post-grant practice allows Mr. Riffe to bring a wealth of knowledge across multiple disciplines within the intellectual property field to bear on his clients’ behalf.

He has handled technical matters in such diverse fields as semiconductors, medical devices, power generation, disc drives, beverage dispensing, telecommunications, oil refining processes, software, and toys.

Mr. Riffe assists in the management of patent portfolios for a variety of large and small technology clients. Mr. Riffe’s services include patent portfolio strategy and development, opinions on patent validity and infringement, patent landscape and freedom to operate (right to practice) studies.

As noted above, Mr. Riffe also has extensive patent litigation experience before the U.S. International Trade Commission and Federal District Courts. By way of example, Mr. Riffe’s cases have involved VoIP, disc drives, semiconductors, video displays, computer peripheral devices, baseband processor chips, and interface circuits.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Riffe worked as a design and process engineer for Michelin Tire Corporation and DuPont.