Kent Lembke represents clients in diverse matters involving intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on patent preparation, prosecution, and enforcement and IP due diligence support of transactions. He has prepared and prosecuted more than 700 patent applications through allowance for Disney Enterprises, Trimble and other clients. He works closely with his clients to protect their inventions and provides counseling regarding IP strategies for a wide range of technologies including the following:
mechanical and electrical devices and systems
computer software and hardware including disk drive design, semiconductor device fabrication, data storage management, and electronic commerce optimization
digital network and wireless communication devices, networks, and processes
medical devices
optics including lens and laser technologies
material fabrication processes including fabrication of semiconductor devices
energy and renewable energy systems and processes
environmental remediation technologies
Prior to law school, Kent worked as a design and plant engineer at a nuclear power facility, where he gained significant practical mechanical, electrical and environmental engineering experience, and he has been a registered professional engineer for more than 25 years.
University of Colorado School of Law (J.D., 1997)
Order of the Coif
University of North Dakota (B.S.M.E., Computer Science minor, with honors, 1987)
