
Eric Hydorn assists clients ranging from large corporations to solo inventors with drafting and prosecuting patent applications and preparing opinions directed to freedom-to-operate, patentability, invalidity, and infringement. He focuses his practice on chemical, biological, mechanical, electromechanical, and software innovations.
Before joining the firm, Eric worked in the intellectual property department of a Tier 1 supplier of climatized automotive seating. Concurrent with his undergraduate studies, he participated in watershed microbiology research with the Hope College Science Department and later interned for a Tier 1 supplier of electrochromic mirrors. Eric then joined a metalworking fluids supplier as a chemist, providing quality control testing, conducting product R&D, and providing on-site technical service to customers in the automotive and aerospace industries. While attending law school in the evenings, he worked full-time to jumpstart his intellectual property experience.
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Areas of Practice
- Patents
- Intellectual Property Strategy and Counseling
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
- Juris Doctor, 2019
- Member, University of Detroit Mercy Law Review
- Dean’s Scholarship
- Hope College
- Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, 2014
- Men’s Club Lacrosse
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Michigan
- Administrative & Regulatory Law, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Young Lawyers Sections
- Michigan Intellectual Property Inn of Court
- Oakland County Bar Association
- Pontiac Regional Chamber
- Board of Directors