Industries Served

Robert J. Sayre represents universities (including two local universities rated among the top four in the United States*) and a variety of companies (including one of the top five institutional patent recipients in the United States**) with inventions in a variety of industries and fields, including, for example, the following:

  • materials science (especially ceramics),
  • chemistry,
  • electronics,
  • optics/photonics,
  • alternative energy,
  • radiation and optical imaging,
  • nanotechnology,
  • medical devices and implants,
  • fluid filtration,
  • water desalination,
  • micro-robotics,
  • semiconductor and microelectronics fabrication,
  • particle accelerators, and
  • computer software.

* per 2009 US News and World Report rankings
** based on number of patent grants in the United States in 2008
 

In the Spring of 2008, Bob completed the Patent Resource Group's Advanced Course in Software, Business Methods and Bioinformatics Patents, providing up-to-date insights into and prosecution strategies at the boundaries of patentable subject matter.