Owner

Karen King is the owner and founder of KBKING IP LAW.  She has more than 25 years of experience as a patent attorney in both private practice and as in-house counsel for multinational and US based pharmaceutical companies.  Ms King also worked as a scientist in molecular biology, in both academics and industry for over seven years.  Ms King is also a musician who has provided copyright advice to various artisans. 

Ms. King has experience in a number of different areas including:

• patent preparation and prosecution
• global patent portfolio management
• freedom-to-operate, due diligence and patentability analysis and opinion
• trademark registration
• contract negotiation
• copyright law advice

Ms. King has prepared and/or prosecuted an array of US and foreign patent applications related to the chemical, biotechnology and mechanical arts on technologies including:

• small molecules
• formulations
• polymorphs
• gene therapy
• human identity testing
• DNA isolation
• antisense oligonucleotides
• medical devices
• consumer products
• polymers

• J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1995
• B.A. in Chemistry, Lawrence University, 1982

• New Jersey
• Wisconsin (currently inactive)
• U.S, District Court for Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office