Taylor R. Stemler

Taylor R. Stemler is an associate attorney at Merchant & Gould, focusing his practice on both patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation from the firm's Minneapolis office. He primarily handles matters within the mechanical and electrical industries, drawing on his background as a biomedical engineer at a medical device company prior to his legal career.

In his tracked patent litigation appearances, Mr. Stemler has exclusively represented plaintiffs, with two such appearances recorded. While the firm, Merchant & Gould, has represented clients such as Generac Power Systems on the defense side in patent disputes, including securing a win for Generac's MOTORTECH in an ITC investigation, Mr. Stemler's individual tracked cases are plaintiff-side. One such notable case where he appeared as an Associate Attorney is Generac Power Systems, Inc., et al. v. Unknown Patent Owner.

Mr. Stemler's professional background also includes serving as a law clerk at Merchant & Gould and a summer associate at Robins Kaplan during law school. His profile does not specifically highlight frequent appearances in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

He is admitted to the Minnesota State Bar, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the U.S. District Court District of Minnesota. Mr. Stemler earned his J.D., summa cum laude, with a Patent Law Certificate, from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 2021, and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2017.