Patrick D. Hillman

Specialty / focus areas. Patrick D. Hillman's tracked patent practice is narrow: a single plaintiff-side matter, Torchlight Technologies LLC v. Daimler AG, No. 1:22-cv-00751 (D. Del. 2022), where he served as lead counsel at Duane Morris. The case concerned adaptive automotive LED headlamp systems — U.S. Patent Nos. 9,955,551; 10,894,503; and 11,208,029, covering camera-controlled, multi-LED headlamp illumination (including "dark tunnel" glare reduction) — asserted against Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen. That points to electronics/optical-systems enforcement work, though the sample size is too small to infer broader technology coverage.

Side preference. Both tracked-appearance counts are plaintiff-side (1 plaintiff, 0 defendant), and the client, Torchlight Technologies LLC, is a Delaware/NY-based NPE asserting patents against operating automotive companies. So the available record shows plaintiff-side enforcement for patent monetization entities, not defense of operating companies.

Firm context. Hillman practices in Duane Morris LLP's Intellectual Property Practice Group. No dedicated Duane Morris profile page for "Patrick D. Hillman" surfaced in web searches; the firm lists a John Hillman (IP associate, Philadelphia, PA/USPTO-barred) and USPTO registrant John O. Hillman at the same office, so the name in the case data may be a variant. I could not independently verify Hillman's prior firms, and no in-house affiliation was found.

Notable cases / outcomes. Torchlight v. Daimler is the sole tracked case. Docket records show it was assigned to Judge Gregory B. Williams, involved motions to dismiss and a contested standing dispute (Torchlight's status as exclusive licensee), and was stayed — defendants Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen filed IPR petitions (IPR2023-01039 and IPR2023-00336) against the '551 patent. The case is flagged closed/stayed in court databases, suggesting resolution while IPRs were pending, but no verdict or settlement terms are publicly documented.

PTAB / IPR experience. No verifiable record that Hillman personally appears in IPR/PGR proceedings; the Torchlight matter involved IPRs filed by the defendants, not by Hillman's side. Bar / education. Not reliably sourced — no confirmed bar admission or law school data for "Patrick D. Hillman" was located, so none is stated.