Kevin Schraven is the Managing Partner, resident in Orange County, and a Registered Patent Attorney.  Kevin has regularly been selected as a Super Lawyer ® and Rising Star ® for 2010 – 2024, placing him in the top 2.5% of Intellectual Property Attorneys in Southern California.

His practice areas include Patent Prosecution, which allows him to do the work that he loves, writing patent applications and helping inventors obtain patent protection on their inventions.  Kevin’s practice also includes Opinion Writing, Trademark Registration, and other areas of Intellectual Property Law.

Kevin has an extensive background in laboratory services, operations management, and food service management. He previously served as Senior Manager of regulatory compliance, logistics, safety, facilities, and security departments of a clinical chemistry laboratory.  In that capacity he coordinated regulatory inspections, developed and conducted employee training and safety programs, and reported directly to General Counsel on environmental compliance.  Prior to that, in 1995, Kevin earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry at UCLA, where he also managed concession services at all UCLA home sporting events, the Los Angeles Open Tennis Tournament, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and many large special events.

During law school, Kevin held legal extern positions with Central District U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess and California/OSHA.  In Spring 2007, as a member of Loyola’s Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Team, Kevin went to the Finals of the South Regional and won Best Appellant Brief, Best Appellee Brief, and Best Oral Advocate, and participated at the National Finals competition.

Bar Admissions:

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2008
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2008
• State of California 2008

Education:

• J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 2008
• B.S. Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, December, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Historian, UCLA RCA, 1997 – Present
• Officer, UCLA RCA, 1991 – 1995

Past Employment Positions:

• Esoterix, Inc., Laboratory Operations Manager, 1998 – 2005
• Associated Students UCLA, Concessions Manager, 1996 – 1997
• Pro Bono Activities:
• UCLA Chancellors Associate, 2003 – Present