Ryan S. Stronczer

Specialty / focus. Ryan S. Stronczer is an intellectual property counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld ("Akin") in Washington, D.C., focusing on complex patent litigation before U.S. district courts, the ITC (Section 337), the PTAB, and the Federal Circuit. His work clusters in consumer electronics and software-heavy technologies — video processing/display, flash-memory storage, touchscreen controllers, internet/software platforms, and emerging areas such as AI, IoT, semiconductors, and SEP/FRAND disputes. Before private practice he spent more than seven years as a USPTO patent examiner in the interactive video distribution art, which he leverages in claim construction and invalidity work.

Side preference. The authoritative case list shows a single tracked appearance, on the defendant side, as back-up counsel at Akin Gump. That aligns with his verifiable practice: he has defended operating companies (VIZIO, Kingston Technology, and a major internet/software company) in district court and ITC matters, and he regularly represents Unified Patents in PTAB and reexamination proceedings challenging NPE-owned patents — validity work that serves defense-side interests rather than plaintiff-side monetization.

Firm context and notable matters. Stronczer has spent his entire private-practice career at Akin Gump (currently Counsel), joining after his USPTO service; no other law firm history is sourced. Notable tracked and web-verifiable matters include defending VIZIO in Multimedia Technologies Pte. Ltd. v. Vizio, Inc. (E.D. Tex., later C.D. Cal., pro hac vice appearances 2024–2025) and in Maxell, Ltd. v. VIZIO, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2021), plus VIZIO ITC investigations concerning video processing and display technology (per his firm bio). He was back-up counsel for Kingston in IPR2025-00614/-00616 challenging Vervain LLC flash-memory patents tied to the Vervain v. Kingston litigation (W.D. Tex.), and he was on Akin's team that obtained a PTAB final written decision defeating a patent claim for Unified Patents (2020). He also co-authored analyses of the Federal Circuit's Amarin Pharmaceuticals v. ITC ruling and the IPR-withdrawal injunction in Dodocase VR v. MerchSource.

PTAB/IPR and credentials. IPR/PGR work is a regular part of his practice — he briefed more than a dozen appeals to the PTAB/BPAI as an examiner and now appears for Unified Patents in IPRs, PGRs, and ex parte reexaminations, and for Kingston as IPR counsel. Bar: District of Columbia (2016), New Jersey, and registered before the USPTO; J.D., George Mason University School of Law (2014); B.S., Drexel University (2007). Recognized by The Legal 500 US (Patents: Litigation–ITC, 2023–2024), Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2020–2024), and Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch" (2026). Note: the single tracked "untitled" case cannot be confirmed by name from the provided data, though his docketed defense roles for VIZIO and Kingston are well sourced.