Benjamin S. Withrow - Member

Ben Withrow is a founding member of Withrow & Terranova, PLLC, which was established in 2001. Mr. Withrow is a registered patent attorney whose intellectual property practice is focused on patents, and related licensing and litigation.

In particular, Mr. Withrow is heavily involved in patent preparation and prosecution in the areas of telecommunications, semiconductors, electronics, and software. During his career, he has written well over 500 original patent applications. In addition to his prosecution practice, Mr. Withrow has substantial post issuance (reissue and reexamination), licensing, and opinion practices and has significant litigation experience at both the trial and appellate court levels.

In addition to working with complex technologies on a daily basis, Mr. Withrow brings a wealth of technical experience as a former research and development engineer to his patent practice. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Withrow was a senior hardware engineer at Eagle Research Corporation where he designed and developed analog and digital electronics for various industrial products. His educational and engineering tenure also included a significant amount of software development.

On a daily basis, Mr. Withrow combines his extensive technical and legal experience to assist clients in maximizing the competitive advantage afforded by their intellectual property.

Mr. Withrow is licensed to practice in North Carolina, before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and before various federal district and appellate courts.