Ken’s practice focuses on patent counseling, primarily in the health care, life sciences, and energy technology industries.

Ken works with innovative companies and research institutions to develop patent claiming and filing strategies, procure patents on cornerstone technologies, and strategically manage patent portfolios to maximize investments. He also counsels lenders and investors in assessing the value of patent assets through due diligence reviews, including validity analyses, freedom-to-operate analyses, and in-licensed technology investigations.

Ken has extensive patent procurement experience in disruptive bioscience and chemical technologies, such as diagnostics, immuno-oncotherapies, small molecule therapeutics, stem cell therapies, antibody therapeutics, green industrial chemical production, enhanced oil recovery, fracking, interfering RNA technologies, nutraceuticals, proteomics, pharmaceutical formulations, and nanotechnologies.

Ken has been recognized repeatedly among Southern California’s leading attorneys. In 2012, the San Diego Daily Transcript named Ken among its “Transcript 10,” a “best of the best” list of San Diego attorneys, selected from across an eclectic mix of practices.