Kevin Schraven is a Registered Patent Attorney who joined Hankin Patent Law as a Registered Patent Agent while still in law school. Kevin has regularly been selected as a Super Lawyer ® Rising Star ® for 2010 - 2013, placing him in the top 2.5% of Intellectual Property Attorneys in Southern California under the age of 40. Kevin's primary practice area is Patent Prosecution, which allows him to do the work that he loves, writing patents and helping inventors obtain patent protection on their inventions. Kevin's practice also includes Patent Litigation, Trademark Litigation, 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.
Kevin graduated from Loyola Law School in May of 2008. 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.
