Kainoa Asuega
Overview
Kainoa Asuega is a counsel in the firm's Intellectual Property Group. He is a registered patent agent and former examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Kainoa focuses on preparing, filing, and prosecuting U.S. patent applications before the USPTO, and he has successfully secured patents for his clients in technology areas ranging from eyewear to medical procedures. Kainoa has also taken part in several inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including the successful defense of a patent for which all of the original claims were affirmed by the PTAB and the Federal Circuit.
Career & Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., physics, 2005
- Chapman University School of Law, J.D., 2011
- California
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Kainoa's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24
Washington – August 15, 2024: The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 42 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 29 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.17.23
Client Alert | 1 min read | 05.15.23
Crowdsourcing Patent Examination with the Patent Prosecution Highway
Firm News | 8 min read | 01.04.21
Crowell & Moring Elects Nine New Partners and Promotes 18 to Counsel Positions
Representative Matters
- Assisted in the successful defense of every challenged claim of a patent under the post-AIA inter partes review proceedings.
- Successfully defended multiple ex parte reexamination challenges to a medical device patent brought by the patent owner's major competitor.
- Helped secure a summary judgment of infringement in a patent infringement lawsuit involving accessible pedestrian signal system technology.
- Successfully briefed and argued for a favorable claim construction that prompted settlement of a patent dispute related to marching band instrument carrier technology.
- Helped secure a summary judgment of non-infringement in a patent infringement lawsuit involving panoramic dive masks technology.
- Represented a company regarding backless, strapless brassiere technology in a patent infringement lawsuit involving multiple patents, breach of contract, and idea submission.
- Represented a company on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding infringement of patented marching band instrument carrier technology.
- Successfully argued an appeal of an INS deportation order in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, ultimately leading to his client's remaining in the U.S.
Kainoa's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24
Washington – August 15, 2024: The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 42 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 29 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.17.23
Client Alert | 1 min read | 05.15.23
Crowdsourcing Patent Examination with the Patent Prosecution Highway
Firm News | 8 min read | 01.04.21
Crowell & Moring Elects Nine New Partners and Promotes 18 to Counsel Positions
Insights
Kainoa's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24
Washington – August 15, 2024: The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 42 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 29 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.17.23
Client Alert | 1 min read | 05.15.23
Crowdsourcing Patent Examination with the Patent Prosecution Highway
Firm News | 8 min read | 01.04.21
Crowell & Moring Elects Nine New Partners and Promotes 18 to Counsel Positions
