Kevin
Greenleaf
Attorney
Washington DC
Associate
Attorney
Washington DC
Associate
| phone | 612-349-9591 or 916-838-0291 |
| fax | 612-339-3061 |
| kgreenleaf@slwip.com |
Kevin Greenleaf’s practice includes patent procurement, post-grant proceedings, portfolio analysis, technical analysis, and strategic counseling, with emphasis on computer architecture, software, circuit design, semiconductors, and microelectronic fabrication.
Mr. Greenleaf began his legal career in-house by determining the value of patent portfolios. He now applies his in-house skills by preparing reexamination requests and providing technical analysis. As part of SLW’s post-grant team, Mr. Greenleaf manages all aspects of preparing, prosecuting and analyzing post-grant proceedings.
Mr. Greenleaf speaks at and participates in professional associations, such as IPO, AIPLA, and the ABA. He currently develops ABA policy and implements various programs as the vice-chair of the ABA’s patent system policy planning committee. He previously served as the chair of the ABA’s post-grant proceedings subcommittee, where he helped develop the ABA’s comments on the PTO’s proposed rules for post-grant proceedings.
Mr. Greenleaf enjoys working with clients to develop and obtain patent rights. Having worked on examiner interview programs for PLI and AIPLA, he has evidence that early interviews can reduce prosecution costs. Helping businesses obtain and protect intellectual property is a fulfilling part of his practice.
Mr. Greenleaf was at Intel Corp., the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, for several years as a senior component design engineer. At Intel, he gained technical skills by working in engineering teams developing cutting-edge computer architectures and protocols.
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Bar Admissions:
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Education:
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA, 2007
- J.D.
- Dean's Honor List
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2000
- B.S.C.E.
- American Bar Association, Vice Chair, Patent System Policy Planning Committee
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member
- Intellectual Property Owners Association, Member
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- California Intellectual Property Law Section
- D.C. Patent Lawyers Club
- Review Proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation, LexisNexis, 2013
- Triumph of the Eco-Patent Commons, Landslide Magazine, American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section (ABA-IPL), 2011
- Re-Presenting Art in Reexamination, www.managingip.com, 2010
- The Fate of Re-Examination Under Patent Reform, IP360, 2009
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Examiner Interviews, Practicing Law Institute (PLI), 2008
- Co-Author, Harmonization and Post-Grant Proceedings, ABA, Landslide Magazine, Summer 2013 (In Progress)
- Presenter, Real-Party-in-Interest Roundtable, 2013
- Presenter, First-Inventor-to-File Roundtable, 2012
- Co-Presenter, Assessing Freedom to Operate without Breaking the Bank, Webinar, Technology Transfer Tactics, 2012
- Co-Presenter, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, Webinar, Intellectual Property Owners Association, Post-Grant Office Practice Committee, 2012
- Presenter, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, Webinar, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Patent Law Committee, 2012
- Co-Author and Presenter, How to Effectively Prosecute AIA Post-Grant Proceedings, PLI, 2012
- Co-Author and Presenter, Examiner Interviews 101, AIPLA, 2012
- Co-Author and Presenter, Triumph of the Eco-Patent Commons, ABA, Landslide Magazine and Webinar, Fall 2011
- Co-Author, Re-Presenting Art in Reexamination, www.managingip.com, 2010
- Co-Author, The Fate of Re-Examination under Patent Reform, www.ip360.com, 2009
- Co-Author, Examiner Interviews, Practicing Law Institute, San Francisco, California, 2008
USPTO Roundtable on Real Party in Interest (recorded January 11, 2013)
(Kevin's presentation begins at the 1 hour 25 minute mark)
