About Kevin E. Flynn

Part engineer, part lawyer, part advocate, and part coach, Kevin E. Flynn uses all these skills to be a patent attorney. Initially trained in both Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, he later obtained a Master's Degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering. After working as an engineer and earning a Professional Engineering license from the State of North Carolina, he went back to school and earned his law degree with honors from Duke Law School. After a few years in patent litigation, including time spent with Fish & Neave in New York City, he moved to helping companies protect their ideas and avoid legal problems. With a broad engineering background, he works for clients across a broad range of technologies. He helps clients decide where to spend their money to get the most value while seeking patents in the United States and abroad. Then he works collaboratively with the clients to create patent applications that are partly required technical disclosure. Equally important, the patent applications are also partly a sales pitch to help convince a patent examiner that this application is special and merits grant of patent status. In addition to helping clients obtain protection, he works with clients to help them avoid trouble with patents owned by others. After working at a corporate law firm that specialized in assisting start-up companies, Kevin E. Flynn is very comfortable working directly with CTOs and CEOs in companies that do not have in-house lawyers. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on intellectual property issues, especially those issues of particular relevance to entrepreneurial companies. He has been named repeatedly to the legal Elite for the category of Intellectual Property/Patent attorneys.

Some of my best work is with medical devices and surgical tools but I work with a broad range of electromechanical items and industrial processes that a team of engineers made better.

 

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Areas of Law

  • Intellectual Property
  • Other 17
    • Patent Application-Drafting
    • Patent Prosecution-United States
    • Patent Prosecution-PCT
    • Patent Prosecution-Coordinating work Outside US
    • Medical Device Patents
    • Biomedical Inventions
    • Clean Energy / Green Economy Patents
    • Patents for Instruments or Measurement Devices
    • Electromechanical Inventions
    • Multidisciplinary Inventions
    • Design Patents
    • Method Patents
    • Mechanical Patent Prosecution
    • Patent Opinions-Validity/Invalidity
    • Patent Opinions-Infringement/Non-Infringement
    • Patent Issues-SBIR/STTR Grants
    • General Intellectual Property Advice for Start Up Companies

Practice Details

  • Languages
    I Speak To Business Owners
    Inventors In A Language They Underst
    Rather Than Legalese
  • Payment Information
    Payment & Cost Features
    Free initial consultation
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Member
    Firm Name
    Flynn IP Law
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    A quick link to recently issued patents is http://bit.ly/Patent_Examples. Samples of work include:US Patent No. 9,320, 371 Methods for Mounting Footballs
    US Patent No. 9,238,055 Method for Establishing Drill Trajectory for Dental Implants
    US Patent No. 9,200,890 Uninterrupted Alternating Air Circulation for Continuous Drying Lumber Kilns
    US Patent No. 9,149,133 Methods for Using Ball Mount Assemblies with Inelastic B
    s
    US Design Pat. No. D738,360 for Network Protector Master Relay
    US Patent No. 9,121,675 for Barrier for Absorbing Live Fire Ammunition
    Uses Thereof
    US Patent No. 9,119,485 for Football Wall Mount Assembly
    US Patent No. 8,932,360 for Implants for Spinal Therapy
    US Patent No. 8,910,542 Patel for Domestic Appliance Having a Rotary Switch
    Domestic Appliance
    US Patent No. 8,860,353 Protection for Network Protector Close Motor
    US Patent No. 8,858,687 Filter Assembly with Dynamic Filter Media
    US Patent No. 8,829,412 Remote Monitoring of Glow Tube Light Output Including a Logic Unit Maintaining an Indication of a Monitored Glow Tube Discharge While No Discharge is Detected
    US Patent No. 8,801,608 for Two-stage Spinal Access Channel with Psoas Docking
    US Patent No. 8,795, 167 Spinal Therapy Lateral Approach Access Instruments
    US Patent No. 8,747,472 for Spinal Therapy Device with Fixated Distraction Distance
    US Patent No. 8,696,672 Abrading Tool for Preparing Intervertebral Disc Spaces
    US Patent No. 8,687, 501 Automatic Detection
    Configuration of Ethernet OAM Protocols
    US Patent No. 8,575, 505 for Illuminated Button for an Operator Control Arrangement, Operator Control Arrangement
    Domestic Appliance
    US Patent No. 8,568,306 for Surgical Retractor System
    US Patent No. 8,523,918 for Therapy to Adjacent Motion Segments
    US Design Pat. No. D687,211 Concealing Cover-up with Integrated Pockets
    US Patent No. 8,404,071 for Rapid Film Bonding Using Pattern Printed Adhesive
    US Patent No. 8,328,847 for Assemblies for Provision of Therapy to Motion Segments
    US Patent No. 8,328,846 Prosthetic Nucleus with a Preformed Membrane
    US Design Pat. No. D671,072 for Base for a Clean Energy Information Kiosk
    US Patent No. 8,266,789 for Device for the Production of Cable Harnesses
    US Design Pat. No. D662, 225 for Precast Panel for Use in a Live-Fire Training Structure
    US Patent No. 8,167, 947 Methods for Push Distraction
    for Provision of Therapy to Adjacent Motion Segments
    US Patent No. 8,088,147 Multi-Membrane Prosthetic Nucleus
    US Patent No. 8,082,255 for Br
    ing Digital Content
    US Patent No. 8,042,687 for Hemostatic Clip Cartridge
    US Patent No. 8,038,680 for Drivers for Inserts to Bone Anchors
    US Patent No. 7,987,058 for Self-learning Reverse Power Flow Detection
    US Patent No. 7,938,836 for Driver Assembly for Simultaneous Axial Delivery of Spinal Implants
    US Patent No. 7883,451 for Methods of Applying Treadle Stimulus
    US Design Pat. No. D631,937 for Stackable Conductive Tray
    US Patent No. 7,874,167 for Method
    Apparatus for Producing Surgical Slush
    US Patent No. 7,835,472 for Method of Testing Remote Power Line Carrier Pick-up Coil with a Sweep Wave
    US Patent No. 7,835,471 for Method for Testing Remote Power Carrier Pick-up Coil with a Single Test Frequency
    US Patent No. 7,826,538 Remote Determination of Network Transmitter Identity
    Output Strength
    US Patent No. 7,808,128 Remote Determination of Control Decisions for Network Protectors
    US Patent No. 7,776,068 for SPINAL MOTION PRESERVATION ASSEMBLIES
    US Patent No. 7,808,128 for REMOTE MONITORING OF CONTROL DECISIONS OF NETWORK PROTECTORS
    US Patent No. 7,874,167 for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SLUSH
    US Patent No. 7,987,058 for SELF-LEARNING REVERSE POWER FLOW DETECTION
    US Patent No. 8,038,680 for DRIVERS FOR INSERTS TO BONE ANCHORS
    US Patent No. 8,042,687 for HEMOSTATIC CLIP CARTRIDGE
    US Patent No. 8,082,255 for BRANDING DIGITAL CONTENT
    US Design Pat. No. D584, 223 for MOBILE SOLAR ARRAY.
    Transactions
    Provide support to a variety of due diligence reviews of patent assets by venture capitalists or others acquiring all or part ownership of technology; support licensing work for patent licenses. Help patent owners comply with rules for SBIR grants.
  • Pro Bono Services

    Pro Bono Activities include: Green Faith Committee Member, Immaculate Conception Church, Durham, North Carolina Volunteer Time Counseling clients of the North Carolina Small Business Technology Development Center; (See www.sbtdc.org). Previously Served as Chapter Co-Chair to help start a Research Triangle Chapter for the Clean Economy Network. (See http://research-triangle.cleaneconomynetwork.org/contact). Co-Chair for several years for Center for Entrepreneurial Development InfoTech Conference Demo Room Selection Committee. (See www.cednc.org). Have served as mentor to Duke's Fuqua School of Business Start-Up Challenge. (See http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org/). Served for several years on the Pratt School of Engineering Alumni Council. (See http://www.pratt.duke.edu/alumni-council-eac). Regular speaker for several years to foreign guests of the U.S. State Department as they brought guests to Research Triangle Park for insight into U.S. patent law.

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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1993, New York
    1996, North Carolina
    1993, Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Attorney
    Memberships
    American Intellectual Property Law Association. North Carolina Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section.
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Duke University
    Class of 1992
    J.D.
    with honors
    Other Education
    Duke University School of Engineering, now Pratt
    Class of 1982
    B.S.E.
    Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering

    San Jose State University
    Class of 1985
    M.S.E.

    San Jose State University
    Class of 1985
    Industrial & Systems Engineering
  • Special Agencies
    Unites States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1960
    New Providence, New Jersey, 1960

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Attorneys FAQs

  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Kevin E. Flynn was admitted in 1993 to the State of New York.
  • Is this attorney admitted to the bar in more than one state?
    Yes, Kevin E. Flynn is admitted to practice in New York and North Carolina.
  • Does this attorney maintain a professional presence on any social networks?
    Yes, Kevin E. Flynn has a professional profile on LinkedIn.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Kevin E. Flynn attended Duke University.