Alyson J. Ficiura

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Note on sourcing: Public web searches returned no independently verifiable profile, bar record, firm bio, or court opinion naming "Alyson J. Ficiura." The summary below is therefore anchored to the authoritative tracked-appearance data and to firm-level information that is verifiable; anything about Ms. Ficiura individually beyond the tracked case is flagged as unverified. The single tracked case is recorded without a case name, so it cannot be described by party or caption.

Specialty / focus areas. The tracked data reflects one plaintiff-side patent appearance while an associate at Greer, Burns & Crain — a Chicago IP boutique (300 S. Wacker Drive) whose practice spans patent prosecution, patent litigation, trademark/anti-counterfeiting enforcement, and opinions work. Firm-level technical depth runs toward electrical/mechanical and optical devices, chemistry and chemical engineering, and consumer-product/mechanical subject matter; the firm does not present as a Wi-Fi-standards or pharmaceutical-litigation shop. No individual practice description for Ms. Ficiura could be located, so her specific technology focus cannot be confirmed.

Side preference. On the sole tracked appearance she is on the plaintiff side (1 of 1), with no tracked defendant-side work. That is a single data point — enough to describe her as appearing for the party asserting infringement, but not enough to characterize a stable "NPE/PAE prosecutor" practice. GBC's plaintiff-side docket is frequently enforcement-driven (brand-protection and anti-counterfeiting actions as well as patent suits), so the plaintiff role is not necessarily NPE-oriented.

Firm context. Her tracked affiliation is Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd. (GBC), Chicago, as an associate. No prior firms were surfaced in the tracked data, and none could be confirmed by search.

Notable cases or outcomes / PTAB. The tracked case is unnamed in the source data, so no caption or outcome can be reported. Separately, GBC attorneys do appear before the PTAB — powers of attorney in Hengst SE and Finnavations LLC IPRs list GBC practitioners as counsel — but those proceedings are not attributable to Ms. Ficiura, and there is no evidence she personally handles IPR/PGR work.

Bar / education. Not reliably sourced; omitted. No bar admissions, law school, or registration number for Ms. Ficiura could be verified through public search. Given the commonality of the surname, any biographical detail found elsewhere should not be assumed to refer to this attorney without a confirming source.