Travis Ribar Associate

Mr. Ribar practices in all areas of intellectual property law with a focus on rendering opinions on patentability, infringement, and validity, including due diligence and product clearance analysis, as well as on the litigation of intellectual property matters, including reexamination practice.  A former Patent Examiner at the U.S.P.T.O., he also counsels and assists clients in the procurement of both U.S. and foreign patents, which includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications.  Mr. Ribar specializes in the areas of photoresist formulations and applications, rubber compositions, plastics and adhesives, membranes, medical and drug delivery devices, display devices, semiconductor materials, food compositions, polymeric materials, and the chemical arts.

Virginia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.  2006)
Case Western Reserve University (M.S. Macromolecular Science, 2001)
Case Western Reserve University (B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2001)

Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC
Laboratory Technician, B.F. Goodrich Specialty Chemicals, Brecksville, OH
Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH


Associations
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
American Bar Association (ABA)

Sokolov, Art, and Ribar, Travis B., "The USPTO as a Forum for Resolving Intellectual Property Disputes," IP Litigator, July/Aug. 2009, at 30.
Travis Ribar,  Rohit Bhargava and Jack L. Koenig, FTIR Imagin of Polymer Dissolution: 2. Solvent/Nonsolvent Mixtures, 34 Macromolecules 8340 (2001).
Travis Ribar, Rohit Bhargava and Jack L. Koenig, Polymer Dissolution by Solvent Mixtures: 1. Solvents, 33 Macromolecules 8842 (2000).
Rohit Bhargava, Travis Ribar and Jack L. Koenig, Towards Faster FT-IR Imaging by Reducing Noise, 53 Applied Spectroscopy 1313 (1999).