Kenneth Sheehan is a partner in Ice Miller’s Litigation Practice Group. Ken is a registered patent lawyer who concentrates his practice on intellectual property portfolio management, acquisition and protection. He is involved in all aspects of the patent process, including prosecution, licensing, litigation and transactions.
Ken is experienced in acquiring and evaluating patent rights for complex electrical technologies and has significant experience in the post-grant procedures in the U.S. and internationally. Ken internalizes his clients' goals and business objectives and crafts the appropriate legal strategies to achieve those goals, whether they be acquiring patent rights in an area or prosecuting already held patents.
- State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.S., 1987)
- Electrical Engineering
- St. John's University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1992)
- District of Columbia
- New York
- United States District Court - Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court - Southern District of New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Licensing Executive Society
- American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
- Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Chambers USA: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution in the District of Columbia, 2020-2023
- BusinessToday.news Lawyer Awards, Top 10 Influential DC Intellectual Property Patent Prosecution Lawyers, 2023
- The Legal 500 United States, 2015, 2017-2021
- IAM Patent 300 - The World's Leading IP Strategists, 2019
- IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Practitioners DC Metro Area
- Guide to the World's Leading IP Strategists, 2010
- Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners, 2007
- Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Experts, 2003
- Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent
- Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, 2014-2020, 2023-2024
