Hello! My name is Hunter Berry. I am a patent attorney currently practicing at Patterson + Sheridan, LLP in Greensboro, North Carolina, where I focus on patent preparation and prosecution in areas related to artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, and computer science.
I graduated summa cum laude with Honors from Berry College in 2021 with a double major in Computer Science and Political Science and a minor in Economics. I was the president of the Honors Student Union, a research assistant, a software developer, a network technician, and the training coordinator and VIP ambassador for the Office of Admissions.
I earned my J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2024, focusing on patent law, copyright law, data privacy, AI & the law, and cryptocurrency regulation. I served on the Moot Court Board and as Senior Technology Editor for the Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law.
CompTIA Network+
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Patent Bar (USPTO) — Admitted
January 2026 — Present
- Draft patent applications relating to artificial intelligence, communication protocols, and electrical engineering.
- Research and evaluate prior art in preparation for patent prosecution.
- Conduct interviews with USPTO examiners and file office action responses.
September 2024 — September 2025
- Drafted provisional and non-provisional applications relating to AI, wearable devices, communication protocols, and infotainment systems.
- Researched and evaluated prior art; assisted in patent prosecution and portfolio management.
May 2023 — July 2023
- Drafted provisional and non-provisional applications in network security, AI, quantum computing, and autonomous vehicles.
- Assisted in patent prosecution, portfolio management, and litigation research.
May 2022 — August 2022
- Assisted government attorneys protecting consumers from unfair and deceptive trade practices.
- Engaged in discovery, legal research, memo writing, document review, drafting pleadings, and witness interviews.
May 2019 — July 2019
- Researched ML and deep learning for self-driving vehicle cybersecurity (CAN bus data classification).
- Paper published and presented at IEEE Conference — view here.
August 2017 — May 2021
- Built a course scheduling system in Django with Microsoft 365 OAuth integration.
- Managed Active Directory, firewall policies, DHCP, print/file servers, and Wi-Fi infrastructure.
- Conducted political science research co-presented at the Association of Global Southern Studies Annual Conference.
2021 — 2024
Vanderbilt University Law School
Focused on patent law, copyright, data privacy, AI & the law, and cryptocurrency regulation. Served as Associate Justice on the Moot Court Board, Senior Technology Editor for the Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, Vice President of Law Ambassadors, and Secretary of the Space Law Society. Elliot Cheatham Leadership Scholar and Chancellor's Scholar.
2017 — 2021
Berry College — Summa Cum Laude with Honors, GPA 3.94
159+ credit hours. Leadership Fellows scholarship, SGA senior class treasurer, president of the Honors Student Union. Competed with Mock Trial, Model UN, and Forensics teams.
- Cheatham Leadership Scholar (Vanderbilt)
- Chancellor's Scholar (Vanderbilt)
- Dean's Leadership Award (Vanderbilt)
- Dean's List — multiple semesters (Berry)
- Dean's Scholar (Berry, 2017–2021)
- Leadership Scholar — The Fund for American Studies
- Outstanding Delegation & Outstanding Position Paper — NMUN 2019
- Omicron Delta Kappa Scholar
- Phi Kappa Phi Fellow
- Order of St. Andrew
- Wayne Rollins Student Work Award
- Patent Bar — USPTO Registered Patent Attorney
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA IT Fundamentals
- Google Cloud Platform Business Professional
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Lambda Sigma
- Association of Global Southern Studies
- Berry College Young Alumni Leadership Circle
- Vice President: Vanderbilt Law Ambassadors
- Secretary: Vanderbilt Space Law Society
- Associate Justice: Vanderbilt Moot Court Board
- Senior Technology Editor: Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
- President: Honors Student Union (Berry)
- SGA Class Treasurer: Sophomore, Junior & Senior Classes (Berry)
- Vice President | Treasurer: Mock Trial Team (Berry)
- President | Treasurer: Omicron Delta Kappa (Berry)
- A Machine Learning Approach for Combating Cyber Attacks in Self-Driving Vehicles — IEEE
- Driver Optimized Media and Dialing Controls
- Optimizing Post-transcription Language Analysis Using Audio Signal-to-noise Ratio Estimations
- Correlates of Mass Imprisonment as a Global Phenomenon