James J. Kritsas

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Summary — James J. Kritsas (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago)

Focus areas. Mr. Kritsas' practice centers on patent infringement litigation and PTAB post-grant proceedings across electromechanical and electronics technologies. His tracked and PTAB matters cluster in: thermal inkjet printhead architecture (Canon v. Slingshot Printing — heater arrays, bondpads, ink vias); spinal implant hardware (Medacta USA / Precision Spine / Life Spine v. RSB Spine — bone-plate and vertebral stabilization patents); marine propulsion/engine controls (Brunswick v. Volvo Penta, U.S. Pat. 9,630,692); and physical access-control and biometric security systems (ASSA ABLOY/HID Global; CPC Patent Technologies). Docket-analysis aggregators also classify his portfolio in communications and semiconductor/optics technologies. He co-authored a March 2020 Daily Journal piece on standard-essential patents and FRAND licensing in connected vehicles (IEEE 802.11, 4G/LTE/5G), consistent with a standards/wireless advisory interest. (Reg. No. 71,714.)

Side preference — mixed, predominantly operating-company side. The tracked appearances show 3 plaintiff-side and 4 defendant-side engagements, but the pattern is less balanced than the raw split suggests: the plaintiff-side entries are largely the same Canon/Slingshot dispute viewed from the petitioner's side, while the recurring posture is acting for operating companies — Canon, Zebra Technologies, HID Global/ASSA ABLOY, Brunswick, Medacta — either defending infringement claims or challenging NPE/PAE-owned patents at the PTAB (Slingshot Printing, CPC Patent Technologies). His recorded roles are mostly backup or supporting counsel rather than lead, with one "petitioner counsel" and one "IPR counsel" designation.

Firm context. Morgan Lewis has been the firm of record in all seven tracked appearances, with Mr. Kritsas based in the firm's Chicago office (110 N. Wacker Dr.). He was described as an associate at Morgan Lewis in a 2020 firm-published article. One caveat on firm history: a USPTO filing lists "James J. Kritsas, Reg. No. 71,714" at McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago), and a Law360 attorney profile indexes him under McDermott Will — sources are inconsistent as to the timing of any move, and Morgan Lewis letterhead/e-mail remains in use on PTAB filings as late as October 2024. A crowdsourced site lists a current in-house position at Abbott; that is not corroborated by any reliable source and should be treated as unverified.

Notable matters and results. In Canon U.S.A., Inc. v. Slingshot Printing LLC (IPR2023-00312/-00313 and related proceedings), the PTAB's July 30, 2024 final written decision in IPR2023-00313 held claims 1–3, 5–12, 14, and 15 unpatentable over Benjamin and Giere673, and claims 4 and 13 unpatentable over Benjamin, Giere673, and Parish; Slingshot noticed an appeal to the Federal Circuit on October 2, 2024. In the consolidated Medacta v. RSB Spine IPRs (IPR2020-00264/-00265/-00274), he presented argument at the February 23, 2021 oral hearing as a USPTO LEAP practitioner and was granted additional argument time. He handled the petitioner's sealing/redaction dispute in Brunswick Corp. v. Volvo Penta of the Americas, IPR2020-01512 (final written decision March 3, 2022). He also coordinated petitioner-side filings in ASSA ABLOY AB v. CPC Patent Technologies (IPR2022-01006/-01045/-01089), including updated real-party-in-interest notices during a Director Review remand, and was plaintiff-side counsel in HID Global Corp. v. Vector Flow, Inc. (D. Del. C.A. 21-1769), where the court's March 27, 2023 claim construction adopted the plain meaning of "sensor" over the defendant's narrower reading. One tracked engagement produced an adverse result: the standing-based motion to dismiss he supported with a declaration in Intellectual Tech LLC v. Zebra Technologies (W.D. Tex.) was denied on February 2, 2021.

PTAB/IPR experience and bar. He appears regularly in IPR proceedings (Canon/Slingshot, Medacta/RSB Spine, Brunswick/Volvo Penta, ASSA ABLOY/CPC, Intex v. Team Worldwide), though typically as backup rather than lead counsel. He is a registered USPTO practitioner (Reg. No. 71,714) and stated in a February 2021 PTAB verification form that he had been a licensed attorney since October 2013. Education is not reliably sourced; an aggregator lists a Loyola University Chicago J.D. and a University of Illinois B.S. in mechanical engineering, which I could not confirm against a firm or court source.