Kevin King, a member of Sutherland's Intellectual Property Practice Group and chair of the Group's Medical Devices Practice Team, focuses his practice on domestic and international patent prosecution and intellectual property counseling related to chemical, mechanical and biomedical technologies, with particular experience in the area of medical devices, such as drug delivery systems, implantable biological tissues, surgical adhesives, pharmaceutical formulations, surgical tools and biosensors. His clients include early-stage companies, publicly traded companies, universities, cardiologists and urologists. Kevin's practice also involves negotiating IP license agreements, patent portfolio management, and rendering patentability, validity, and product clearance opinions. Prior to his legal career, Kevin was a process engineer, working with pulp and paper, polymer and inorganic chemical processing industries. Kevin is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Representative Experience Kevin's extensive representative experience includes: · Helping a company build a portfolio of more than 150 domestic and foreign patents and applications to protect its pioneering technology for a new generation of implantable drug delivery and biosensing technology. · Representing an internationally recognized research university in patenting a microneedle technology for transdermal drug delivery and diagnostic fluid sampling. · Assisting a company in developing a patent strategy for protecting a novel antimicrobial composition for use in water treatment applications. · Providing a patent clearance opinion for a new heart surgery instrument. · Representing another renowned research university in building a patent portfolio covering a biodegradable implant device for controlled drug delivery in urological therapies. · Helping a company successfully assert its patent on a mineral filler used in the papermaking process against an infringing competitor. · On behalf of a client, successfully challenging two patents of a competitor through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office re-examination proceeding. Professional Honors and Awards · Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® "Rising Stars" (2005, 2006) Professional and Community Involvement · Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, American Bar Association · Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Georgia · Member, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property · Member, Georgia Biotechnology Industry Organization (GaBio) · Advisory Board Member, For Pete's Sake Foundation Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements · Co-author, "Use of Incorporation By Reference in Patents," Law Journal Newsletters-Patent Strategy & Management (March 2007) · Author, "2007 Intellectual Property-Topics for Corporate Lawyers," ICLE in Georgia 26th Annual Business Law Institute (2007) · Speaker, SEMDA 2010 Investor Conference (March 25, 2010) · Speaker, SEMDA 2008 Investor Conference (March 13, 2008) Industries Biotechnology and Life Sciences Clean Technology Pharmaceutical Legal Alerts Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Holds Contribution of Patent Claim Element Insufficient to Trigger Co-Inventorship
March 16, 2009 Legal Alert: Patent Term Adjustment Determinations May Be Affected Following District Court Decision
October 30, 2008 Legal Alert: U.S. Patent Office Issues Final Rule on Ex Parte Patent Appeals
June 16, 2008 Legal Alert: Tafas v. Dudas: Court Declares USPTO Patent Examination Rule Changes Null and Void
April 3, 2008 Legal Alert: U.S. District Court Enjoins Implementation of New Patent Rule Changes
November 2, 2007 Legal Alert: Patent Examination Guidelines and New Rules Update
October 17, 2007 Legal Alert: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Revises Its Rules on Continued Examination Filings, Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims
August 23, 2007 Publications 2007 Intellectual Property -- Topics for Corporate Lawyers
2007 ICLE in Georgia 26th Annual Business Law Institute Use of Incorporation By Reference in Patents
March 2007 Reprinted with permission Law Journal Newsletters - Patent Strategy & Management Events SEMDA 2008 Investor Conference
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