Bryan T. Hart

Practice Focus. Bryan T. Hart is a patent attorney at Brooks Kushman P.C. (Royal Oak, MI), where he handles both patent prosecution and litigation across the mechanical, electrical, and software arts. His firm bio highlights prosecution work in autonomous vehicles, machine vision, AI/ML, airbag and seatbelt systems, additive manufacturing, and automotive structures, with litigation experience spanning LTE standards, mobile-device software, enterprise storage, cloud computing, lithium-ion battery packs, and medical devices. He also has experience before the International Trade Commission and the PTAB.

Side Preference and Tracked Case. The tracked case record shows a single appearance — as plaintiff's lead counsel in Lone Star SCM Systems, LP v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority — indicating representation of a patent-holder/NPE side in that matter rather than an operating-company defendant. The case list (1 plaintiff-side, 0 defendant-side) is too small to infer a broader pattern; his firm biography emphasizes prosecution with enforcement in mind, and he has participated in PTAB inter partes review proceedings, so his practice appears to span both assertion and defense contexts.

Firm Context and Notable Matters. Hart joined Brooks Kushman in December 2024 as part of a group of new hires and is now a shareholder, also serving as Vice Chair of the IPO's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. I could not verify from available sources where he practiced before joining the firm. His only tracked matter is the Lone Star SCM case; related context from Bloomberg Law (Dec. 2025) shows the Federal Circuit affirming PTAB obviousness rulings against Lone Star SCM Systems Ltd.'s surgical-item-tracking patents in IPRs brought by Zebra Technologies — suggesting the patent portfolio underlying Hart's tracked case has faced adverse PTAB rulings, though the specific district court case's outcome is not publicly verified here.

Bar and Education. Hart holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (Articles Editor, University of Chicago Law Review) and a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan (highest honors). He is admitted in Michigan and New York (2023), with inactive admissions in California and Illinois, and is registered with the USPTO (Reg. No. 65804).