Ryan North Miller

Ryan North Miller is a Partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, where he co-leads the firm's Post-Grant Proceedings practice. His patent litigation practice is characterized by a strong focus on intellectual property disputes, including patent, trademark, copyright, false advertising, and trade secret law. He primarily represents defendants, frequently handling claims brought by non-practicing entities and working to invalidate asserted patents. His technical background in Applied Physics & Nuclear Science informs his work across various technologies, and his experience includes patent prosecution and IP transactions.

Miller is notably active in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including inter partes review (IPR) and covered business method (CBM) post-grant review petitions. He serves as Vice Chair of the USPTO Post-Grant Practice and Policy Committee and co-chairs the PTAB Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Patent Litigation Committee. A notable success includes a win for client RiceTec before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Among his tracked cases, Miller served as lead counsel for the defendant in Avant Location Technologies LLC v. Fibar Group S.A., which was filed in March 2024 and closed in January 2025. The specifics of the case outcome are not publicly detailed.

Miller is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. He is also admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and several U.S. District Courts. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in 2010, and holds an M.S. (2003) and B.S. (2000) in Applied Physics & Nuclear Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.