Knobbe Medical

Knobbe Martens is an intellectual property law firm with extensive experience serving medical device and life sciences innovators. The firm has worked in the medical device industry since its early development, representing clients ranging from individual inventors, start-ups, venture capitalists, and incubators to established public companies. It reports filing more than 40,000 patent applications in medical device fields and supporting companies through acquisitions, public offerings, and complex litigation.

Its attorneys advise across the innovation lifecycle, including capital formation, transactional due diligence, patent landscape and market-clearance evaluations, patent prosecution, licensing, other intellectual property agreements, trade secrets, third-party patent assessments, IP audits, and litigation. Their technical experience spans areas such as cardiovascular devices, diagnostics, imaging, diabetes care, orthopedics, ophthalmology, robotics, medical software, and surgical equipment.

Knobbe Martens also provides intellectual property counsel in transactions and strategic partnerships, helping clients assess patent and technology considerations. Several attorneys bring engineering, research and development, or medical device company board experience, informing their understanding of clients’ technical and business challenges.