Bethany Butler

Bethany Butler helps clients protect and develop their intellectual property, with experience in patent prosecution and strategic IP counseling involving medical devices, biotechnology, augmented reality, energy technologies, software, and other complex technologies. With a background in biomedical and systems engineering, Bethany brings a technical perspective to understanding clients’ innovations and developing strategies to protect them. Her experience includes patent and trademark prosecution and counseling as well as intellectual property litigation.

Prior to her legal career, Bethany worked in the medical device industry in various positions, including as a systems integration engineer supporting transfusion diagnostic devices and as a manufacturing engineer supporting cardiac rhythm management devices. She was a Stoel Rives summer associate in 2023 and 2024.

Education

University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 2025; Gregoire Fellow; articles editor, Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts, CALI Excellence Award - Litigation Strategies for Protection of Technology

University of California, Los Angeles, M.S. Engineering, Certificate of Specialization in Systems Engineering, 2021

University of Southern California, B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2018; National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholar

Admissions

Washington

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Prosecution & IP Counseling

• Assists with patent prosecution involving augmented reality systems used for surgical planning and guidance, including patent matters covering augmented reality headset technologies.
• Assists with patent prosecution involving surgical navigation systems, including technology for matching models to anatomical structures.
• Assists with patent prosecution involving medical-device and surgical technologies, including systems and methods for tissue ablation using electrolysis, permeabilization, and pulse-shape designs.
• Assists with patent prosecution involving systems for delivering and controlling energy to tissue, including variable-size end-effectors and other medical technologies.
• Assists with patent prosecution involving medical monitoring technology, including a hydration monitor and related methods of use.
• Assists with patent matters involving energy technologies, including advanced battery electrolytes.
• Provides support on strategic intellectual property counseling and patent and trademark prosecution for technology companies.
• Assists with intellectual property counseling for life sciences and biotechnology companies.

Intellectual Property Litigation

• Assists with a patent infringement matter involving municipal solid waste processing technology, including patented systems and methods for separating recyclable materials.
• Assists with a technology-related royalty dispute involving a license agreement.