Kevin Lyn

Kevin Lyn is a partner at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP and is the chair of WBD’s Diversity Committee and serves as the primary liaison to prominent diversity organizations. Kevin helps global companies create and provide better, more-competitive products for their customers. As a result of his intellectual property counsel, major appliances are more user-friendly, airplanes are more efficient, building materials are more fire-resistant, video games provide an enhanced user experience, medical procedures are more precise and effective, and a whole lot more.

A registered patent attorney as well as a licensed professional engineer, Kevin has invested a career in helping clients, from start-ups to major multinationals, maximize and protect their investments in new products and product improvements, and achieve their business goals.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, he was a product safety testing engineer for Underwriters Laboratories and a semiconductor processing engineer for Mitsubishi Semiconductor – an experience that facilitates his practical, business-focused approach to counseling clients.

Kevin’s practice involves all aspects of intellectual property, with a focus on the development of domestic and international patent portfolios crafted to bring products to market faster while maximizing the available scope of protection in the client’s markets.

Two kinds of blue! Kevin is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law (1998) and earned MS (1989) and BSE (1987) degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science from Duke University.