Heath Briggs

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Heath J. Briggs — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus and technical breadth. Briggs is a registered patent attorney (USPTO Reg. No. 54,919) and chemical engineer whose practice spans patent prosecution, post-grant proceedings, and patent opinions. Technology areas he handles include medical devices, materials science and metallurgy (aluminum alloys, advanced ceramics), LEDs, computer software and telecommunications, additive manufacturing, chemistry, solar, water treatment, and mechanical/military devices. Firm and directory profiles (Greenberg Traurig, Chambers USA, IAM Patent 1000, Legal 500) consistently describe him as prosecution- and post-grant-focused rather than a first-chair district court trial lawyer.

Side preference. The tracked data shows 2 plaintiff-side appearances and 0 defendant-side, both via Greenberg Traurig. That count should be read narrowly: it reflects party designation in the underlying district court matters, not the full practice. His PTAB docket cuts both ways — he has acted as petitioner's counsel for large operating companies (Samsung, Kia Motors, SK hynix, B. Braun, Schlumberger, Limelight Networks) and as patent owner's counsel (Prolifiq Software, Limelight, and The Foundry). On a volume basis this is predominantly defense/petitioner-side IPR work for operating companies, with a meaningful patent-owner practice.

Firm context. Briggs is a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Denver office and co-chairs the firm's Global Patents and Innovation Strategies Group (described in some directories as the global patent prosecution group). All tracked appearances and all PTAB filings located in this review are under Greenberg Traurig; no prior firm affiliation was identified in the sources reviewed, so any earlier firm history is unverified.

Notable matters and outcomes. In The Foundry, LLC v. Neurent Medical Inc. et al. (D. Del. C.A. No. 23-756), Briggs served as PTAB counsel for patent owner The Foundry in three consolidated IPRs (IPR2024-00279, -00280, -00669). The Board's July 21, 2025 Final Written Decisions held all challenged claims unpatentable, and a related petition (IPR2024-00281) was terminated after the petitioner withdrew. The Federal Circuit appeals (Nos. 2025-2099 et seq.) were dismissed on August 27, 2026 under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b) by agreement of the parties. He also drafted the patent owner response that produced the PTAB's Becton factors (Becton, Dickinson & Co. v. B. Braun Melsungen AG, IPR2017-01586) and was lead practitioner in Samsung Elecs. Am., Inc. v. Prisua Eng'g Corp., 948 F.3d 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2020), which held the Board may invalidate claims on § 102/§ 103 grounds notwithstanding IPXL indefiniteness. The second tracked entry is an untitled plaintiff-side matter in which he is listed as lead counsel; no case name or outcome was verifiable from available sources.

PTAB/IPR experience. This is the core of his practice. Firm and university profiles state he has handled more than 120 IPRs, roughly 20 U.S. reexaminations, and 50+ European oppositions, with Patexia repeatedly ranking him among the most active IPR attorneys nationally (Top 100 since 2020; 29th in 2019 among best-performing IPR/AIA trial attorneys). He is a member of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Association.

Bar and education. Admitted in Colorado (2003) and to the USPTO patent bar; J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2003), B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder (1997).

Note: several Colorado- and directory-listed "Heath Briggs" profiles exist; the PTAB filings, bar number 54,919, and Denver/Greenberg Traurig address are consistent across sources, so the identification here appears reliable.