Kyle Conklin

About Kyle Conklin

I am a director in Sterne Kessler\'s Mechanical & Design Practice Group, counseling clients at all stages of the patent cycle. I help clients develop valuable patent portfolios and enforcement strategies to achieve their IP and business objectives and maintain a competitive edge. I counsel clients in a wide range of mechanical and electro-mechanical technologies, including construction equipment, industrial food processing equipment, medical devices, lithography systems, fiber-optic distribution systems, consumer products, oil and gas equipment, health-monitoring systems, physiological sensors, surgical devices, dental products, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), hard disk drives, and industrial equipment. My enforcement work focuses on Section 337 Investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and federal district court litigations. I also represent both patent owners and third parties in post-grant proceedings at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, including inter partes reviews (IPRs) with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and reexaminations with the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU). Many of these post-grant proceedings are involved in concurrent district court and ITC litigation.I am a contributing author of Patent Office Litigation, Second Edition, published in 2017, which provides a fresh and comprehensive exploration of patent office litigation proceedings, including how the proceedings interact with other aspects of patent procurement and enforcement. To read my full biography, please visit

Experience

1. Director

   Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

   Jan 2017 — Present

Education

• Texas Tech University School of Law

  J.D., summa cum laude

  2005 — 2008

• Baylor University

  B.S., Mechanical Engineering

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Registered Patent Attorney
• Legal Opinions
• Trademarks
• Patent Applications
• Client Counseling
• Reexamination
• Intellectual Property
• Patents
• Due Diligence
• Patent Prosecution
• Medical Devices