Kenneth Steven Wheelock

Practice Specialty and philosophy: Berkshire county needs a more robust business environment.  The business environment in Berkshire county can benefit from new businesses.  New ideas start new businesses.  The focus of my law practice is to help people with new approaches to business, new products and new ways of doing business to organize their new business and protect their new ideas.  That way they protect and keep their competitive edge.  As a former corporate intellectual property attorney this is what I did for my employer: evaluate new products, patent them, collaborate on the development of trademarks to market those new products, review marketing campaigns and protect the company’s intellectual property when the company partnered new product development with other companies.  Berkshire county is blessed with large numbers of creative people, especially in the arts.  Not only do these artists improve our quality of life, they can form the nucleus of a business renaissance as well as a cultural renaissance.

DIVISION IP COUNSEL (CHEMICAL) and TRADEMARK COUNSEL – Over Twenty Years IP Experience - Over 200 chemical patents drafted and issued. 75+ % win rate at Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Drafting and Negotiating Secrecy agreements (over 150 per year).   Patent preparation/prosecution, validity, freedom to practice, non-infringement opinions, New Trademarks and Trademark Portfolio Management, Trademark and Copyright clearances, Budget Responsibility, Client counseling, Business Strategy, IP Litigation Management, trade secrets, patenting strategy, defensive publication, research guidance, Outside Counsel Supervision, Foreign Prosecution Supervision, Patent and Trademark Licensing, m&a: IP due diligence, and new attorney/agent mentoring.  Technical Expertise: small molecules, silanes, silicones, polycarbonates, thermoplastic polymers, polymers, plastics, new catalytic materials, the transition metal, organometallic and organic chemistry of olefin polymerization catalysis, petrochemical catalysis, refining catalysis, and hydrocarbon fuels processes.  Experienced Industrial Scientist and R&D Manager (over Twenty Years) – Inventor 22 US Patents, 9 publications.