Bradford R. Czerwonky

Brad Czerwonky is an engineer turned patent attorney who serves inventors, manufacturers, and international businesses by combining deep, hands-on experience with patent prosecution and IP strategy work. He has drafted and/or prosecuted hundreds of U.S. and foreign patent applications across a wide range of mechanical, physics, and other science technologies, and he regularly advises clients on portfolio strategy, design-arounds, and global IP protection. Brad brings practical, business-aligned IP counseling to clients ranging from individual inventors to multinational manufacturers throughout the U.S. and Japan.

Brad, an inventor on four U.S. patents, applies over fifteen years of new product development experience and more than a dozen years of patent law practice to help clients protect innovative products and technologies. In addition to securing U.S. patents on utilitarian inventions, Brad is especially familiar with design rights and foreign work, with deep experience in PCT national-stage filings and in securing foreign patents and design registrations in collaboration with local counsel around the world. He prepares patentability, infringement, and design‑around opinions and advises clients on domestic and international IP strategy.

International engagement is a core part of Brad’s practice. He travels to Japan regularly, has delivered numerous presentations in English and/or Japanese on U.S. patent law (including at the Japan Patent Office), and actively participates in U.S.–Japan legal and business forums. In addition to his client work, he produces extensive educational materials for both clients and colleagues on patent practice and strategy.

Brad has also supported and coordinated trademark, copyright, trade secret, regulatory, and litigation matters. He has handled technologies across consumer, medical, transportation, aerospace, industrial manufacturing, energy, and other mechanical and physics‑based industries. Early in his career, Brad designed airframe repairs for Delta Air Lines and researched and developed new products as an Engineer in Japan and the U.S. for a multinational appliance manufacturer.

Outside of law, Brad is a woodworker, a designer, a fan of all things ukulele, and an Eagle scout. He enjoys spending time with family, volunteering, traveling, and learning.

Brad's Practice

Representative Matters

• Drafted and prosecuted hundreds of U.S. utility and design patent applications.
• Managed an IP docket including U.S. and foreign prosecution, continuations, divisionals, PCT applications, and national‑stage filings.
• Advised clients on IP strategy, patentability, infringement, design‑around solutions, and global portfolio development.
• Coordinated and supported patent infringement litigation culminating in a full International Trade Commission victory protecting flagship products for his client.
• Discovered documents in a trade secret case and singlehandedly located two pieces of case-ending info.