Dan Smith

Dan Smith is Counsel at Wolf Greenfield. Dan focuses his practice on post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review (PGR), and patent reexamination proceedings. He has extensive experience representing both petitioners and patent owners, and has successfully represented multiple Fortune 20 companies and leading technology companies in high-profile patent cases, including more than 130 PTAB trials. Dan’s PTAB experience involves patents spanning diverse technical areas, including pulse oximetry, mobile device video capture, touchscreen devices and user interfaces, wireless communications, telemedicine, semiconductor fabrication, hybrid vehicle drivetrains, and heated flooring systems. Dan was named as a Top 25 PTAB practitioner by Patexia in 2022 and 2023.In addition to his PTAB practice, Dan regularly assists clients in other areas, including patent prosecution, portfolio development and management, and licensing.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Dan worked for over a decade as a lead software architect and engineer in the mobile/telecommunications industry. He is a named inventor on a US patent related to measuring quality of service in a telecommunications network.