Jay Ryan is a Patent Agent who received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from Cleveland State University in 1986.

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Jay worked as a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office from 1987 to 1993, where he examined patents in a wide range of optical technologies, from simple eyeglasses and vehicle mirrors, to high-tech holographic systems.

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Jay worked for 12 years in the Intellectual Property groups at corporate law firms in Cleveland, Ohio.  After that, Jay was self-employed as a freelance patent agent for 14 years before joining Emerson Thomson Bennett in 2019.