Stephen Bylciw - Attorney

Stephen Bylciw is a patent attorney at Withrow & Terranova. His technical experience covers mechanical systems and devices, aerospace propulsion, semiconductor lithography mask making, flat panel display manufacturing, nanotechnology, thermodynamics, optical devices, business methods, and operations research.

Mr. Bylciw has over ten years of work experience in the aerospace, semiconductor manufacturing, and flat panel display sectors with Pratt & Whitney, IBM, and Applied Materials. He has Silicon Valley high-technology entrepreneurial experience as a senior manager at Etec Systems before the company was acquired by Applied Materials. One of his key responsibilities while at Etec Systems was to help manage a patent licensing partnership resulting in a successful new product.

Mr. Bylciw earned his Juris Doctorate and Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago where he was awarded a Dean’s scholarship and named to the Dean’s List. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.S. in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management where he was awarded a fellowship in the Leaders For Manufacturing Program (now “Leaders For Global Operations”). At MIT he was elected to Sigma Xi for academic achievement in mechanical engineering. Mr. Bylciw also graduated cum laude from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering where he was elected to Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma.

Prior to law school, Mr. Bylciw was a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Bylciw is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office without territorial restriction. Mr. Bylciw is admitted to practice law in Virginia and Illinois, but is not currently admitted to practice law in North Carolina. He is also a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).