About Kathleen Lynch

Ms. Lynch is has over twenty years of experience in intellectual property matters including patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing and trade secrets. Ms. Lynch has experience in private law practice, university setting and the corporate environment.  As a result of these varied professional experiences, Ms. Lynch is able to bring her broad and varied expertise to assist her clients in a variety of intellectual property matters.  

Ms. Lynch practice focuses on providing “in-house” legal services to her clients on a part-time basis.  Ms. Lynch acts as in-house intellectual property counsel for small and mid-size companies.  Some areas of legal services that she provides include preparing, filing, and prosecuting utility and design patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Ms. Lynch has also had significant experience in advising clients in the prosecution of international applications including PCT applications and national phase applications.  In addition, Ms. Lynch renders to clients patentability, infringement and invalidity opinions. Ms. Lynch also assists her clients in patent due diligence efforts. Ms. Lynch has saved her clients millions of dollars in outside counsel fees by effectively managing outside counsel and finding legal experts in small and solo practices.

In the area of patents, Ms. Lynch has amassed particular expertise in the field of medical devices.  Some areas of focus within the medical device area include:

  • Transdermal Technology

  • Iontophoretic Technology

  • Injection and Infusion Devices

  • Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Delivery Systems

  • Lyophilization Systems

  • Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Packaging

  • Nanoparticulate Pharmaceutical Formulations

  • Pulmonary Delivery Device Systems

  • Pharmaceutical Formulation Systems

  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment

  • Nanoparticulate Manufacturing Equipment

  • Sutures

  • Orthopedic Implant Devices

  • Neurological Implantable Systems

  • Textile Implants

Ms.Lynch also has experience in other areas of technology including:

  • Agricultural Technology Systems

  • Mechanical Devices and Systems

  • Laminate Technologies

  • Textile Technologies

  • Telecommunications Equipment

  • Manufacturing Equipment

With regard to trademarks, Ms. Lynch has prosecuted trademarks and service marks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Ms Lynch has successfully aided clients in the selection, use, and enforcement of trademarks and service marks.  Ms. Lynch has particular expertise in the area of pharmaceutical and medical device trademark matters.

Ms. Lynch provides advice to clients with respect to copyright and trade secret matters.  Ms. Lynch further provides counsel in areas of intellectual property asset management and aids her clients in the establishment and administration of systems to capture, protect and fully exploit all client intellectual property.  Ms. Lynch further assists clients in the area of transactional matters involving intellectual property including licensing, confidentiality agreements, joint venture agreements and the purchase and/or sale of an intellectual property asset.

Ms. Lynch has provided pro bono services for the North Carolina Bar Association's NC Patent Pro Bono and Legal Aid programs. She is a member of the North Carolina Bar Intellectual Property Committee.  

 

 

 

Education

  • J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center

  • B.M.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

Professional Affiliations

  • North Carolina Bar Association

  • Wake County Bar Association

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina State Bar

  • State Bar of Georgia

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office

  • Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina

  • Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia

Contact

EMAIL: klynch@kliplaw.com