Kevin Laurence

Kevin Laurence is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School and a partner at Laurence & Phillips IP Law LLP, specializing in high-stakes post-grant patent proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Education:

• BA, Brigham Young University
• JD, Brigham Young University

His expertise centers on intellectual property law with deep specialization in patent litigation mechanisms. He is renowned for mastery of inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, covered business method reviews, reexaminations, reissues, interferences, derivative proceedings, and supplemental examinations within the USPTO framework.

His notable awards include:

• Lawyer of the Year in Patent Law for Washington, D.C. by Best Lawyers in America (2016)
• Leading practitioner in the United States for post-grant proceedings by Intellectual Asset Management (annually since 2012)

At GW Law, Mr. Laurence teaches "USPTO Post-Grant Proceedings" and co-authored the authoritative two-volume treatise "Post-Grant Patent Practice" (published semi-annually since 2012) alongside over 40 articles for Intellectual Property Today magazine, expanding on his earlier work "Patent Reexamination and Reissue Practice" (2009-2011).