Clifford D. Hyra

Clifford D. Hyra is the owner of Hyra IP, PLC, an intellectual property law office, and the author of the intellectual property law blog Patents 101. 

Clifford is a registered patent attorney with extensive experience in the field of intellectual property. Clifford has a background in aerospace engineering and graduated magna cum laude from the George Mason University School of Law. Clifford spent several years managing a heavy patent and trademark docket at a small IP boutique firm before moving on to found Hyra IP, PLC. He is licensed to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia and to represent clients located anywhere in the country before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Clifford specializes in patent and trademark prosecution and has prosecuted hundreds of patent and trademark applications over the course of his career. He also has considerable experience negotiating the settlement of patent and trademark disputes, conducting trademark cancellation and opposition proceedings, carrying out appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, registering copyrights, drafting contracts for the transfer of copyrights, resolving domain name disputes, drafting patent opinions, conducting patent and trademark searches, and more.

Clifford's clients run the gamut from individual entrepreneurs to medium-sized entities with 100+ employees. His clients include many small businesses in the local Reston/Fairfax County/Northern Virginia area as well as businesses large and small all across the country and overseas.

Bar Admissions
Virginia State Bar
District of Columbia Bar
Supreme Court of Virginia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Affiliations
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Online Program Co-Coordinator)
Virginia Bar Association

American Bar Association
Arlington Jaycees (Legal Counsel)

Areas of Practice

Education
J.D., magna cum laude, George Mason University School of Law
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, magna cum laude, Virginia Tech
Registered Patent Attorney