Banner, Brian

Brian Banner is the managing shareholder of Slayden Grubert Beard in Austin, Texas.  He focuses on patent litigation and has nearly two decades of experience in district courts, the Federal Circuit, and before the PTAB.  Brian served as lead IPR counsel in the first-ever sua sponte Director Review of an institution decision in 2022 and has since closely tracked the rise of Director authority.  His practice draws on more than seven years of prior industry experience in semiconductors, processor architecture, and software design.