Jarom Kesler

Jarom Kesler is a Partner with Knobbe Martens. He focuses on building, strengthening, and deploying patent portfolios in view of contentious proceedings. He advises clients on strategic patent portfolio development, strategic acquisition and valuation, trade secret protection, infringement and validity analyses, licensing, diligence, and intellectual property-driven business matters. Jarom is known for procuring patents in anticipation of and during litigation and for aligning prosecution strategy with district court, International Trade Commission (ITC), Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and appellate objectives.

With more than two decades of experience in high-stakes intellectual property disputes and worldwide enforcement and defense matters, Jarom works closely with his client’s senior management, engineers, and trial teams to develop durable IP positions that support litigation, licensing, and business strategy. His practice spans medical devices and diagnostics, respiratory therapy, electronics, signal processing, software-enabled systems, communications technology, and alternative energy technologies.

Jarom has substantial experience in post-grant and Patent Office proceedings, including over 50 ex parte reexaminations, dozens of inter partes reviews, reissue, and Federal Circuit matters.