John R. Kenny joined Kenyon & Kenyon in 1991. Since that time, he has worked primarily on infringement litigation and patent interferences. Mr. Kenny's efforts include arguing motions and examining live witnesses before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, taking and defending expert and factual depositions, preparing witnesses at trial, arguing motions in district court, preparing interference cases-in-chief, arguing a criminal pro-bono appeal, and negotiating settlement and license agreements. The litigations and interferences Mr. Kenny has worked on, include chemical, electrical, mechanical and optical cases.
Mr. Kenny has drafted numerous opinions concerning potential infringement and the validity of patents in the optical, electronic, and medical fields. He has prepared and prosecuted patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Prior to studying law, Mr. Kenny performed graduate research in the Bioelectric Division of MIT's Electrical Engineering Department. Mr. Kenny developed optical and electronic means for measuring the effects of low frequency electrical fields on human cells. As an undergraduate, he interned with an analog integrated circuit design group at a major instrumentation firm.
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New York
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Registered Patent Attorney: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. |