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Taylor Stemler is an associate attorney with Merchant & Gould’s Minneapolis, Minnesota office. As a registered patent attorney, Taylor focuses his practice on both patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation.

From inventors to businesses, Taylor helps his clients secure patent protection and assert their rights over their intellectual property. He primarily serves the mechanical and electrical industries. Yet, Taylor prides himself on having a broad technical knowledge base, allowing him to straddle multiple industries at once to develop the best legal solutions for his clients.

From Experienced Engineer to IP Attorney

Before becoming an attorney, Taylor worked as a Biomedical Engineer for a Minnesota-based medical device company. During this time, he developed innovative solutions to technical problems, collaborating with the company’s patent counsel to file for patent protection on these ideas. 

Working with an attorney as an inventor provided Taylor the insight to appreciate his clients’ unique needs. Now on the other side of the table, Taylor understands the pressures and constraints facing inventors when it comes to pushing their innovations out into the world.

  • University of Minnesota, B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2017
  • Minnesota State Bar, 2021
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021
  • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota

Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter’s Harry A. Sieben Award, 2021
Eagle Scout

The Honorable Jimmie V. Reyna Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
The American Intellectual Property Law Association
TCDIP, Emerging Leaders Group

Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Law School
Instructor of the Intellectual Property Moot Court Class, 2022

 

Forcing Creativity, Vol. 12 of Cybaris, An Intellectual Property Law Review

Mitchell Hamline School of Law, IP Institute 2021 Annual Symposium, Exploring the Boundaries of Statutory Subject Matter (April 2021), Moderator (Subject: Patent Eligibility of Artificial Intelligence)

Covid-19 Forces Contractors to Examine AIA Agreements, Minnesota Bench & Bar (2021), Minnesota State Bar Association construction law writing competition first-place winner

Minor Advances, Major Consequences: Hatch-Waxman Administers Exclusivity for Drug Delivery Devices, Vol. 46 of the Mitchell Hamline Law Review

Empirically Determined Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Mechano-Adaptation Law, 2017 Journal of Biomedical Engineering Editor’s Choice Selection, 2017 Richard Skalak Award winner