Sarah E. Meyrer is a registered patent agent and law graduate based in the firm’s Detroit office, where she is a member of the firm’s Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies Practice Group.

Sarah has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign utility and design patent applications across a broad range of mechanical, electromechanical, and software-related technologies. Her technical experience spans consumer products, plumbing devices and fluid handling systems, electric vehicles, medical devices and systems, automotive technologies such as seating and interior systems, heavy machinery and industrial equipment, and power generation systems. She also has significant experience with software applications and computing systems, including financial applications, artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, and ultra-wideband wearable technologies and spatial computing devices.

In addition to her patent preparation and prosecution work, Sarah provides support for freedom-to-operate analyses, invalidity and non-infringement opinions, and patent portfolio management. She also assists with IP due diligence in connection with mergers and acquisitions, as well as litigation support matters.

Prior to joining Foley, Sarah gained hands-on engineering experience through manufacturing and design engineering internships in the automotive and oil and gas industries.