Ken Winterton

Ken has experience in nearly every facet of patent practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and supports clients as they navigate through the patent process. When litigation is required, Ken has significant expertise offering solutions and guidance to develop the best course of action.

In addition to 15 years of patent prosecution experience, Ken also brings particular experience in infringement and validity opinions, post-issuance proceedings, design patent prosecution and litigation, Ex-parte and inter-partes PTO proceedings, and patent infringement and ITC litigation.

Before becoming a patent attorney, Ken spent a number of years as a process engineer, first with Texas Instruments and then with Intel.

Pre-Litigation Strategies

• Infringement and invalidity opinions
• Post-issuance proceedings
• Design patent prosecution and litigation
• Ex-parte and inter-partes PTO proceedings
• Patent infringement and ITC litigation

Preparation and Prosecution

• Domestic and international patent preparation and prosecution 
• Standards-related patents

Opinions and Counseling

• Patent infringement and validity analysis
• Non-infringement/invalidity opinions
• Design patent counseling and opinions

Patent Licensing and Due Diligence

• Strategic patent acquisitions
• Product clearances
• IP due diligence

TECHNOLOGIES

Electrical/Electronic/Computer Science
Wireless telecommunications, standards-related technologies, semiconductor devices and fabrication, control systems, communication systems, networks, computer software, printing, circuits, memory, batteries, optics, imaging systems, nanotechnology, electro-mechanical, computer architecture, data storage, telecommunications, antenna systems, control systems, robotics, MEMS, remote sensing devices, and instrumentation

Other
Complex mechanical and medical devices 

• Colorado Bar Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member