Ross K. Krutsinger PARTNER

Patent Prosecution and Counseling
Trademark Prosecution and Counseling
Licensing/Agreements
Due Diligence
Infringement/Validity Opinions 

Phone: 603-836-1474
Email: rkrutsinger@finchmaloney.com 

Ross’s practice focuses on obtaining utility and design patents in the US and foreign jurisdictions in fields as diverse as semiconductor processing, near-field communications, firearms and weapons systems, touch-screen displays, medical devices, chemical sensors, nutritional products, hand tools and safety equipment, sports equipment, and computer-implemented methods.  Ross’s practice also includes obtaining trademarks and counseling clients with respect to a variety of trademark-related and patent-related issues including licensing, patentability, infringement, and freedom to operate.

Prior to law school, Ross worked for eight years in applied research for SBIR-funded companies to research and develop technologies that include wide-bandgap semiconductor devices, fuel cells, catalysis, water purification, and recovery of chemical species using flow cells.  Ross also worked twenty years as a musician based in Nashville, TN and Boulder, CO where he was a touring live performer, studio session musician, songwriter, and producer in a wide variety of music genres. 

Ross received his Juris Doctor and Masters of Intellectual Property dual degree cum laude from the University of New Hampshire School of Law in 2011 where he was an articles editor and notes editor for IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review.   Ross received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering in 1995 from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Ross began his intellectual property career as a patent agent at the Boston office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and as a patent and trademark attorney at a small NH firm.  Ross is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to the bars of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.