Elizabeth A. Shuster

Liz’s practice focuses on intellectual property matters with an emphasis on patent infringement litigation in federal district court and patent prosecution.  She also practices before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in appeals in patent applications, reexamination, Inter Partes Review (IPR), and Post Grant Review (PGR) proceedings.

Liz is a registered patent attorney with over 20 years of experience. Her experience spans many technical disciplines, including medical device arts, mechanical, software, computer, automotive, and agricultural equipment. Example devices include medical devices, drug delivery devices, bioabsorbable stents, catheters, inflatable catheters for drug delivery, catheter hubs, biosensors, orthopedic implants, child safety seats, seat belt restraints, fasteners, fastening devices, towing equipment, gaskets, agricultural equipment, internal combustion engines, cosmetic applicators, cabinets, and food packaging.

In addition to patent litigation, a significant portion of Liz’s practice involves helping clients implement strategies to protect their intellectual property and grow their intellectual property portfolios. Liz has experience preparing and rendering oral and written patentability, freedom to practice, non-infringement, and validity opinions, as well as conducting intellectual property due diligence investigations and audits of usage and ownership. In addition to preparing and facilitating the ongoing prosecution of U.S. patent applications, she has coordinated the filing and prosecution of PCT and national stage foreign patent applications.

She is a founding member of the Indianapolis Chiefs in Intellectual Property (ChIPs) chapter and serves as co-chair of the Indianapolis chapter. Liz is the former chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Indiana State Bar Association, co-founder of Indy Attorneys Network section of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and serves on the Innovation and Research Council of the Indianapolis Bar Association. She is recognized by Best Lawyers in America^®, is a Distinguished Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and has twice received the President’s Award for Service Honoree of the Indianapolis Bar Association.

• Conducted freedom-to-operate and clearance investigations, including developing non-infringement positions, invalidity positions, and design-around modifications.
• Performed numerous patentability investigations across a wide range of technologies.
• Developing and managing patent portfolios in the U.S. and in foreign jurisdictions. Managing local patent team to implement client objectives in the U.S. and coordinating foreign associates to ensure patent portfolios are efficiently, effectively, and consistently managed in all jurisdictions.
• Prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications for clients ranging from individual inventors to multinational corporations. Experience prosecuting applications from filing to issuance.
• Experience working with independent inventors to protect their technology and obtain license agreements to monetize their technology.
• Experience conducting Examiner Interviews to discuss patentability of pending applications to execute efficient prosecution and expedite issuance of pending applications.
• Assisted a client in successfully resolving a patent infringement case related to building management system technologies.

• Panelist, “International IP,” IndyBar CLE Webinar, Oct. 3, 2023.
• Co-presenter, “Intellectual Property Overview,” Dec. 14, 2022.
• Panelist, “Career Insights for Aspiring Female IP Attorneys,” Indianapolis Bar Association, Sept. 30, 2021.
• Moderator, “Do Something Hard 2021,” ChIPs Network seminar, Feb. 24, 2021.