A highly analytical, multi-dimensional patent law strategist, Andrew Kimmel advises his clients regarding the challenges they face when owning, managing and developing critical IP assets. Andrew’s clients include middle market and fast growth companies that range from major household-name business to entrepreneurs and merging companies. While developing comprehensive patent and patent family strategies, Andrew utilizes his proven skills obtaining patent rights, analyzing risk, negotiating licenses and conducting due diligence investigations
Well-versed in a variety of industries and technologies, Andrew is fluent in the electrical engineering, software, and medical device fields. In electrical engineering and software, Andrew’s practice includes control systems, video coding, automatic speech recognition, data aggregation and mining, and network-based transactions. In the medical device industry, Andrew works diligently with his clients to patent and safeguard their inventions and developments in medical electronics and technologies involving signal processing, RF therapeutics, cardiac rhythm management, wireless data transfer, optical and laser systems, processor control, physiological sensing, medical software, and product design.
Andrew enjoys working with clients to formulate and execute strategic plans as a valued member of their team. He strives to provide far more than just legal advice, but also insight into his clients’ overall financial objectives and the industries in which they operate
Before joining Knobbe Martens, Andrew served as Vice President of Engineering and Regulatory Affairs with a medical device manufacturer that developed solid state laser systems for dentistry and medicine. He was responsible for product design, development and engineering, FDA clearances and CE marking. An inventor himself, Andrew holds more than 50 U.S. and foreign patents and applications in the medical and dental laser fields. Having worked as a VP and an inventor, Andrew can anticipate the frustrations business owners and inventors face. As a result, he is a business-minded lawyer who remains dedicated to quickly identifying the relevant content and issues of the challenge at hand and distilling that information into a streamlined path to success.
University of San Diego School of Law (USD), J.D., San Diego Law Review Comments Editor
Cornell University, B.S., Electrical Engineering
State Bar of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Communications Technology
Cellular Networking & Communications
Fiber Optic Networks
Internet Telephony
Low-Power Networks
Radio
Television
Videoconferencing
Wireless Local Area Networks
Consumer Products & Services
Aesthetics & Personal Care Products
Food & Beverage
Restaurants & Hospitality
Sporting Goods & Recreation
Electrical, Semiconductor & Computer Technology
Electronics & Semiconductors
Healthcare Information Technology
Software & IT
Energy
Clean Technology
Desalination
Drinking Water Treatment
Geothermal Energy
Green Building & Construction
Green Transportation
Hydropower
Lighting
Recycling
Solar Power
Waste Mitigation & Treatment
Water Conservation
Wind Power
Fashion & Beauty
Bags
Clothing
Footwear
Fragrances
Jewelry
Luggage
Sunglasses
Financial Services & Business Methods
Blockchain & Smart Contracts
Cloud Computing
Cryptocurrency & Encryption
Data Privacy
Dispute Resolution
Licensing & Indemnification
Open Source
Media, Advertising & Entertainment
Actors
Amusement Parks
Artists
Athletes
Digital Distribution
Film & Television
Musical Instruments and Accessories
Social Media
Video Games and Interactive Entertainment
Medical Devices & Procedures
Ablation Technology
Aesthetics & Implants
AI & Machine Learning
Angioplasty
Annulus & Nucleus Repair
Arteriovenous (AV) Fistula
Balloons
Biocompatible Polymers & Coatings
Cardiac Assist Device (E.g., LVAD & Heart Pumps)
Cardiac Rhythm Management
Cardiovascular
Catheters & Probes
Chordae Tendineae Repair & Replacement
Chronic Total Occlusions
Deep Venous Thrombosis
Dental Devices
Dermatology & Aesthetics
Diagnostics
Drug Eluting & Drug Delivery Devices
Ear, Nose, & Throat
Embolic Coils
Embolic Protection & Clot Retrieving
Flow Diverter
Gastrointestinal
Glucose Monitoring & Insulin Infusion
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Hypertension Management Devices
Imaging
Implants
Infusion Pumps
Intra Cranial Hemorrhage
Ischemic Stroke
Laparoscopy
Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occlusion
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
Medical Informatics & Software Systems
Mental Health & Wellness
Minimally Invasive & Endoscopic Procedures
Mobility Preservation
Nephrology & Dialysis Equipment
Neuromodulation
Neurovascular
Obesity Management & Bariatrics
Oncology
Ophthalmology & Eye Care
Orthopedics
Pacemakers & Electrical Stimulation Devices
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
Pediatrics
Peripheral Artery Disease
Prosthetics & Orthotics
Psychiatric & Neurological Conditions
Pulmonary
Robotics
Sleep Apnea
Spinal Cages
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Posterior Instrumentation
Spinal Stenoses
Spine
Sports Medicine
Stents, Valves, & Delivery Systems
Sterile Field Devices
Structural Heart
Surgical Equipment
Tissue Engineering
Trans Septal Crossing
Transcatheter & Surgical Aortic, Mitral & Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Ultrasound
Urology & Incontinence
Valvular Incompetence
Ventilators
Vital Signs, Physiologic, & Hemodynamic Monitoring
Women’s Health & OB/GYN
Wound Care
Transportation & Vehicles
Aerospace & Space Technology
Air conditioning / Heating systems
Auto Care
Batteries
Electronics (Audio / Video, Communication, Navigation, Security)
Fleet Management
Tools & Equipment
Audits
Covered Business Method (CBM)
Design Patents
Due Diligence
Global Portfolio Management
Infringement Risk
Inter Partes Review (IPR)
IP Strategy
IP Transactions and Agreements
Licensing
Opinions Counseling
Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Patentability
Post-Grant
PostGrant Review (PGR)
PTAB Overview
Tech Transactions
Trade Secret
Trade Secret Protection Advice, Counseling, Employee & Nondisclosure Agreements
U.S. Patent Prosecution
