Theodore Wood is the Managing Partner at Wood IP and a seasoned patent attorney with a rare blend of technical, legal, military, and business experience spanning over four decades. His background includes deep expertise in electrical, electro-mechanical, communications, software, and computer security technologies. Ted leverages this diverse knowledge to help companies protect, manage, and commercialize their innovations—ensuring strong IP portfolios and marketplace exclusivity.
Ted represents clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in a wide range of matters, including patent application preparation and prosecution, inter partes reviews (IPRs), reexaminations, and appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He has also acted as virtual in-house IP counsel for several high-tech startups, helping to build IP strategies from the ground up and establishing post-grant approaches to challenge competitive patents.
His technical focus spans a wide array of cutting-edge fields, with particular depth in software-driven innovation. Ted regularly works on matters involving artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), large language models (LLMs), and predictive analytics. His broader expertise includes cyber security for industrial control systems, power electronics, cryptography, computer architecture, wireless communication, motion sensing, additive manufacturing, medical devices, the Internet of Things (IoT), and more.
Ted previously served as a patent attorney at prominent Washington, D.C. firms, including Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox—where he was a partner—and Pillsbury Winthrop. Earlier in his career, he clerked for the IP Law Section of NCR Corporation while attending law school, where he began drafting and prosecuting U.S. patent applications.
A service-disabled veteran, Ted retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Air Force after nearly 24 years of distinguished service. He was recognized by Law360 as one of a select group of veterans honored for their legal careers and military contributions.
During his military tenure, Ted led teams that developed advanced signal detection algorithms for electronic warfare, integrating electronic (ELINT) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) to support some of the USAF’s most advanced combat aircraft. He also contributed to the development of satellite communications systems and testing of low observable (stealth) technologies.
For his contributions to the Smart Grid sector, Ted was named to the CleanTech 100, a list of the industry’s top 100 clean technology attorneys, as published in the LMG Clean Technology & Renewable Energy guide.
