Karl Klassen
- Seattle
- San Diego
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With more than 20 years of experience, Karl helps companies and inventors procure, monetize, and enforce their patents.
Karl Klassen regularly counsels corporations in patent strategies in both the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions and handles freedom to operate analyses and other intellectual property (IP) due diligence and patent licensing matters. He has extensive experience advising clients on mechanical technologies, consumer products, interconnected devices, and Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems.
Medical technology matters are a substantial part of Karl’s practice. He conducts both investor-side and company-side IP due diligence, procuring patents for medical companies and managing patent portfolios. His work has involved spinal implants, aesthetic treatments, energy emitting catheters (e.g., radiofrequency catheters, light emitting catheters, etc.), artificial intelligence (AI), respiratory technology (e.g., intrabronchial valves and intrabronchial catheters, etc.), photodynamic therapy, cardiac technology, and tissue processing and imaging equipment. Many of the companies Karl works with emanated from practicing physicians, medical device incubators, and academic institutions. He also co-authored a book published by the American Bar Association regarding IP strategies to help medical device entrepreneurs protect and launch medical products.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D., 2003
- Stanford University, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2000
- California State University, Fullerton, B.S., Mechanical Engineering; Minor Mathematics, high honors, 1998
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
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California
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Related Employment
- Seed IP Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, Associate, 2006-2011
- Knobbe Martens Olson and Bear, LLP, Irvine, CA, Associate, 2002; 2003-2006
- Townsend and Townsend and Crew, LLP, (now Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Palo Alto, CA, Summer Associate, 2001
- Unigraphics Solutions Inc., Cypress, CA, Applications Engineer, 1999-2000
Professional Recognition
Listed in Washington Law and Politics, “Rising Stars of Washington Law,” 2012
