Ken Sheets

Patent Attorney & Litigator

Tysons, VA 22182

T: +1 (703) 261-9101

F: +1 (703) 890-9418

ksheets@whitestone.law

Experience

  • United States Federal District Court Litigation – Eastern District of Virginia, District of Maryland, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of New York, District of Delaware, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Central District of California, Northern District of California, Middle District of Florida, Southern District of Florida

  • United States Federal Appeals Court Litigation - United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Circuit Court of Fairfax, Virginia.

  • USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Appeals

  • USPTO PTAB Inter Partes Review

  • USPTO PTAB Post Grant Proceedings

  • USPTO Patent Prosecution and Appeals

  • European Patent Office Patent Prosecution

  • Japan Patent Office Patent Prosecution and Restoration of Rights

  • China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Prosecution and Restoration of Rights

  • USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Post Grant Proceedings

  • USPTO Trademark Prosecution

Education

  • J.D., University of Tulsa College of Law

  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma

Admissions

  • Virginia

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

  • District Court of Maryland

Ken Sheets is a patent attorney with experience assisting clients in protecting their intellectual property portfolios and counseling clients on a variety of intellectual property matters. He has extensive experience in patent prosecution, post-grant proceedings, opinions relating to patent validity and infringement, IP asset management, and patent infringement actions before a variety of federal district courts and the International Trade Commission. Mr. Sheets has experience with numerous technologies including computer software, digital signal processing, broadband and cellular telecommunications, network management, and manufacturing equipment.

Mr. Sheets graduated with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1993, and is currently pursuing a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. He received his law degree from the University of Tulsa in 1999.

Mr. Sheets was previously the global intellectual property manager for CPA Global, a leading international legal services and software corporation. As head patent counsel, he was responsible for all areas of intellectual property management, IP related disputes, litigation, and M&A matters. He also developed and implemented an innovative in-house portfolio management system utilizing a successful outsourced patent practice for new patent application drafting, filing and prosecution.

Mr. Sheets is admitted to practice law in Virginia and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Eastern and Western District Courts of Virginia, the Northern District of Florida, and the US Patent & Trademark Office.