Lawyer Bio : Kevin R. Lyn

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Kevin R. Lyn

Raleigh

Kevin Lyn is an experienced Intellectual Property attorney who helps clients prepare, prosecute and commercialize patents. He has assisted clients, ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies, with:

  • Patentability studies
  • Patent preparation and prosecution
  • Infringement/validity studies
  • Client counseling with respect to maximizing and protecting intellectual property assets
Kevin has counseled clients on matters related to mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, business method, software and Internet-related technologies. Areas of particular focus include medical devices, clinical trial methodology, major appliances, manufacturing machinery and processes, semiconductor processing and semiconductor devices, bioinformatics, image processing, and fireproof products and fireproofing processes. As a former practicing engineer, he approaches intellectual property issues from a practical, business-focused perspective.

He frequently presents seminars on intellectual property law and patent practice for the Pratt School of Engineering, as well as for the Master of Engineering Management program, the Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Leadership program, and the Health Sector Management program, all at Duke University.

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Professional Activities

Duke University Engineering Alumni Council (President, 2011-12); Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association, Intellectual Property Section of the North Carolina Bar Association; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property; North Carolina Asian Pacific American Bar Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

Admitted to the bar: 1998, North Carolina.

Admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Education

B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, 1987, Duke University, cum laude and with distinction.

M.S., Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, 1989, Duke University.

J.D., 1998, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Prior Legal Experience

Partner, Alston Bird LLP, Raleigh, NC, 2006-2010; Associate, Alston Bird LLP, Raleigh, NC, 1998-2005.

Prior Business Experience

Project Engineer, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 1992-95. Responsible for safety testing of mechanical and electromechanical products, industrial machinery, and marine devices.

Project Engineer, Mitsubishi Semiconductor America, Inc., 1990-92. Responsible for chemical vapor deposition processes (APCVD and PECVD) in an integrated circuit manufacturing process.

Publications

“Developments in Intellectual Property Law,” panel presentation at    the Annual Retreat of the Asian Pacific Interest Section of the State Bar of Texas, Apr., 2006.

Course Instructor, Intellectual Property Section of EGR 165, Introduction to Business in Technology-Based Companies, The Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, Spring 2006.

“Business Method Patents,” presented at Getting Down to Business CLE Program, North Carolina Central University School of Law, Feb., 2002.

“Personal Jurisdiction and the Internet: Is a Home Page Enough to Satisfy Minimum Contacts?” Campbell Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 2, Spring 2000.