Benjamin Keim
Patent Attorney - Spokane University of Washington School of Law
J.D.
University of Washington
M.S., Technical Communication
and Technical Japanese
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies,Blakemore Fellowship
Whitman College
B.S., Biology, cum laude
Admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Washington
Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office
Prior to joining Lee & Hayes, patent attorney Benjamin Keim served as a Legal Intern for the USPTO, Intellectual Ventures, Apex Juris, and Nakamura & Partners in Tokyo. These experiences provided a wide range of exposure to the various facets of intellectual property which comes across when he is working with clients. Before commencing his legal career, Ben worked in laboratories at the University Washington, Children's Hospital in Seattle, and the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute in Japan. Ben participated in research focusing on genetics and infectious diseases including identification of drug-resistance in HIV, development of multivalent animal vaccines, and genotypic identification of pathogenic yeast.
Benjamin authored the articles, “Key Points in International Patent Licensing”, International Intellectual Property Institute, Enforcement Studies and Quizzes, at www.iipi.org, “Gobbledygook or the Future of Obviousness in U.S. Patent Law Teleflex v. KSR”, CASRIP Newsletter, Autumn/Winter 2007, Volume 14, Issue 1, as well as the article “International Copyright Protection Through the Berne Convention”, The Global Gavel, Winter 2006-2007, Volume 2, Number 1, at 4.
Benjamin Keim509.944.4748
benjamink@leehayes.com