Kevin E. Schraven

Kevin Schraven is a Registered Patent Attorney who joined Hankin Patent Law in January 2008 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. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Kevin E. Schraven included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Super Lawyers - Rising Star, 2010 - 2011 Other Sources of Feedback About Kevin E. Schraven Included on the 2026Southern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Esoterix, Inc., Laboratory Operations Manager, 1998 - 2005
• Associated Students UCLA, Concessions Manager, 1996 - 1997

• UCLA Chancellors Associate, 2003 - Present

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2006
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2008
• Supreme Court of California, 2008
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2008
• California, 2008

• UCLA RCA, 1997 - Present (Historian)
• UCLA RC, 1991 - 1995 (Officer)