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| | Lana Knedlik is a registered patent attorney who practices in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, licensing, due diligence, litigation support and client counseling. Lana’s training in chemical engineering, biology and pharmacy enables her to address various issues having a technological or scientific component. Lana’s experience includes counseling clients on invention disclosure and trade secret programs, performing patentability searches and opinions, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, and drafting infringement and validity assessments, including Paragraph IV ANDA certifications. In addition, Lana is well-versed in trademark selection, registration and policing strategies. Her intellectual property experience also extends to trade dress protection and enforcement issues, as well as numerous copyright registration, authorship and ownership issues. In the intellectual property litigation area, her practice includes legal research and brief writing on complex cases -- projects which take advantage of her experience as a law clerk for the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit prior to joining the firm. |
Practice Emphasis | Biosciences & Commercialization
Copyrights
Intellectual Property Counseling
Patents
Trademarks
Trade Secrets |
Education | University of Missouri-Kansas City, B.S. Pharmaceutical Science, with distinction, 2007
University of Missouri-Kansas City, B.S., Biology, summa cum laude, 2002
University of Kansas, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1996
Kansas State University, B.S., Chemical Engineering, summa cum laude, 1993 |
Relevant Experience |
- Patent expertise in various biotechnology, medical, and pharmaceutical areas, including AIDS wasting treatments, cancer immunotherapies, dental appliances, dietary supplements, diuretics, hormone uses and delivery systems, small molecule pharmaceuticals, sequencing, medicated skin treatments, sperm storage systems, splinting and casting devices, and vaccines
- Patent expertise in various chemical and manufacturing technologies, including asphalt processing, semiconductor manufacturing, polymer coatings, catalysts, microporous membrane technology, lithium ion secondary batteries, organic electroluminescent devices, magnetic recording mediums and liquid crystal display devices
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Bar Admissions |
- United States Patent & Trademark Office, 1998
- Kansas, 1996
- Missouri, 1997
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Professional Affiliations |
- Association of University Technology Transfer Managers
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Bar Association
- Kansas Bar Association
- IP Section, former President
- IP Section, former CLE Liaison, Secretary/Treasurer
- IP Section, Co-Founding Member
- The Missouri Bar
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- KC LEGAL
- President
- Founding Member
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Speeches |
- Hot Topics in Biotechnology Patent Law, Biolab 3.0, University of Kansas School of Law (November 2009)
- Drug Development, Patents and Generics, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law (September 2009)
- IP for the Entrepreneur, WSU Center for Entrepreneurship, W. Frank Barton School of Business, Wichita State University (June 2009)
- IP Overview, University of Kansas School of Business, Edwards Campus (April 2009)
- What's New in IP?, University of Kansas School of Law CLE, Lawrence, KS (April 2009)
- Protecting Your Inventions Through Patents, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Lawrence, KS (October 2008)
- Patents and Intellectual Property, The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Lawrence, KS (November 2007)
- Patenting and Commercializing Technology, The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Lawrence, KS (August 2006)
- Authorship, Inventorship and Ownership: Patent and Copyright Overview and Case Law Update, KBA Annual Meeting, Overland Park, KS (June 2006)
- Patents and the Role of Prior Art, Kansas Bar Association CLE, Manhattan, KS (March 2006)
- IP Licensing, University of Kansas Biomedical Product Design Lecture, Lawrence, KS (March 2006)
- IP: Merging Business with Brains, KCSourceLink, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce (February 2006)
- Patent Basics, Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting, Vail, CO (June 2005)
- Panelist, Invest Midwest, Angel Investing Seminar, Kauffman Foundation (April 2005)
- Patent Issues for the General Practitioner, Kansas Bar Association's "Slam Dunk" CLE, Manhattan, KS (February 2005)
- Patenting for the Engineer, AlChE Seminar, Manhattan, KS (September 2004)
- Patenting for the General Practitioner, Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting, Topeka, KS (June 2004)
- Becoming a Life Sciences Entrepreneur: The Legal Basics of Protecting Your Intellectual Property, KC Catalyst (March 2004)
- Best Mode: Disclosing That Genie in the Bottle, Continuing Legal Education Presentation, KCMBA (December 2002)
- Sequencing in the USPTO, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP In-house CLE (May 2002)
- Intellectual Property for New Businesses, Kansas Women's Business Center (October 2001)
- Intellectual Property Overview, Johnson County Tech Center (April 2001)
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Articles |
- "Will Willful Infringement Now Wilt Away," IP News, Kansas Bar Association IP Section (Winter 2005), republished in the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association (October 2005)
- "Baffled or Just Board? Try Claim Construction After Phillips," IP News, Kansas Bar Association IP Section (Fall 2005)
- "Cloning Patents: A Patent Office and Legislative Update," FindLaw.com (September 2004)
- "Offering to Sell Your 'Sliced Bread': A Potential Bar to Patentability," FindLaw.com (September 2004)
- "Publishing: How Your Patent Rights Could Perish," FindLaw.com (September 2004)
- “How to Stay Dot.Calm in a Dot.Com World,” Ingram’s Magazine (September 2001)
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