Kinetic River’s Founder, Dr. Vacca, has served as expert witness in 14 different patent cases to date, including six inter partes reviews (IPRs) and two ex parte reviews (EPRs) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and three U.S. district court cases (Wisconsin, New York, Delaware) on patent validity, infringement, and trade secrets. He has been on both the defendant and the plaintiff sides of patent disputes; so far, all but one case in which he participated has been adjudicated for his clients. References available upon request.

Dr. Vacca has provided sworn deposition testimony in nine patent disputes, and testified on multiple occasions in a jury trial in September 2019. The fields in which he has provided expert witness reports include:

• flow cytometry
• cell sorting
• sperm sorting
• microfluidics
• pulsed lasers

With 71 U.S. and international patents issued to date (with 11 more pending), Dr. Vacca brings along a deep experience in patent prosecution as well.