Biography
As leader of Fish & Richardson’s Post-Grant Practice, Karl Renner has provided direction for well over 900 America Invents Act post-grant matters, both challenging and defending patents, most commonly in coordination with litigation counsel amidst co-pending disputes. He also serves on the firm’s management committee.
Karl’s practice emphasizes client counseling, strategic patent prosecution, and contentious inter partes and ex parte post-grant and reissue work before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Karl previously served as president of the PTAB Bar Association, complementing his service as a founding director of the association, the first national bar association of its kind in more than 30 years. The PTAB Bar Association intends to establish best practices for the unique practice and skills required before the PTAB.
