Marshall Honeyman

Patent Attorney

913.955.3150

EDUCATION

Washburn University, J.D., 1991
Kansas State University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1988

ADMISSIONS

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Kansas
Missouri

HONORS

Ranked by Chambers USA, 2022-2024
U.S. News & World Report, Best Lawyers in America, 2017-2025
U.S. News & World Reports, Best Lawyers in America, Kansas City, KS Litigation – Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year, 2019, 2021
Business Today, Top Ten Most Influential Intellectual Property Lawyers in Kansas, 2023
Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s “IP Stars,” 2013-2024
Super Lawyers, 2005, 2018-2024
Kansas Bar Association’s IP Attorney of the Year, 2016
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office “On the Spot Award,” 2001
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office “Special Achievement Award,” 1999

Marshall Honeyman is a registered patent attorney and a member of Avek IP, LLC. His deep experience in patent matters and focus on technology has led to long-term relationships with clients of all sizes.

Marshall’s practice focuses on advising high-technology clients in patent prosecution and infringement matters. His technology industry experience includes aircraft (e.g., business jets, VTOL, and other related aerospace technologies), automotive, computer software and hardware, LED systems and UV-C and other lighting technologies, missile guidance systems, network devices, oil and gas, optical systems and devices, power generation systems and equipment, and printed circuit board layouts.

Prior to joining Avek IP, Marshall worked in the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) as a patent examiner and then as an associate solicitor. He also previously served as a partner at an Am Law 200 firm. As an examiner, Marshall reviewed and acted on patent applications directed to, among other things, lighting arrangements and devices, computer display light guides, fiber optics, LED arrays, and complex automobile headlamp configurations.

As an associate solicitor at the USPTO, he handled lawsuits brought against the Office and acted as a lead attorney in ex parte appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Additionally, he co-managed the section of attorneys responsible for litigating disciplinary actions against patent practitioners. His previous matters include defending the USPTO commissioner as lead briefing attorney in BlackLight Power Inc. v. Rogan, and he also litigated disciplinary complaints against patent practitioners on behalf of the Director of the USPTO Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED). Given this background, he has successfully advised and defended numerous individuals and major law firms regarding the handling of OED complaints.

PUBLICATIONS

Author, Timely Interest in UV-C LEDs May Complicate the Patent Process, LEDs Magazine, September 2020
Author, Innovative Manufacturers: To Patent or Not to Patent, The Fabricator, October 2019
Author, Create a Clear Patent Strategy for Collaborative Success, LEDs Magazine, May 2018
Author, America Invents Act Impacts Patent Rights, LEDs Magazine, February 2016
Author, When Not to Patent, Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, June 2009
Author, When Not to Patent, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, June 2008
Author, Patent Logic Tree Identifies Key Decision Steps for Filing, LEDs Magazine, May/June 2008
Author, Patent Your Career, SPIE Professional, January 2007

PRESENTATIONS

Speaker, Innovative Manufacturers: To Patent or Not to Patent, FABTECH, Orlando, FL, October 2024
Speaker, Innovative Manufacturers: To Patent or Not to Patent, FABTECH, Chicago, IL, September 2021
Speaker, Obtaining and Litigating Patents in the LED Industry, Strategies in Light, Las Vegas, NV, February 2019
Speaker, Patent Rights in Metal Processing, FABTECH, Atlanta, GA, November 2018
Speaker, Patent Rights; Building Yours; Battling Theirs, Strategies in Light, Long Beach, CA, February 2018
Speaker, Patents: Being A Hammer, Not a Nail, Strategies in Light, Anaheim, CA, February 2017
Speaker, The Latest Changes in US Patent Law: How they Affect Intellectual Property Strategies, Strategies in Light LED Show, Santa Clara, CA, March 2016
Speaker, Patents: Your Automotive Products in a Changing World, 2016 SEMA Show (Specialty Equipment Market Association), Las Vegas, NV, November 2015
Speaker, Should I Patent It Now, 33rd Annual Plaza Lights Institute, Kansas Bar Association, Kansas City, MO, December 2015
Speaker, Your Brands, Your Ideas, and Other Intellectual Property, Kansas Bar Association Corporate Counsel Update, Lenexa, KS, March 2012
Speaker, IP Triage for the Non-IP Attorney, Association of Corporate Counsel, Kansas City, MO, February 2012
Speaker, IP for Non-IP Attorneys, Kansas Bar Association/KSU Foundation CLE Slam-Dunk, Manhattan, KS, February 2012
Speaker, Restriction & Election Practice, State Bar of Nevada: 2011 Intellectual Property Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 2011
Speaker, Patents Today – The Cheese Has Moved – How to Handle It, Strategies in Light, Santa Clara, CA, February 2010
Speaker, Pursuing Patents in a Changing World, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2010
Speaker, Restriction and Election, LAKC’s Annual IP CLE, Kansas City, MO, December 2008
Speaker, When Not to File a Patent, International Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE), Live Webcast, May 2008
Speaker, Off the Beaten Path: Career Opportunities for Engineers in the Patent Boom (Law Degree Not Required), SPIE’s Photonics West Conference, San Jose, CA, January 2007
Speaker, Patent Course, Lightfair, Las Vegas, NV, May 2006
Speaker, Technology Transfer: From Lab to Reality, Doing Your IP Due Diligence Along the Way, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Exposition, Chicago, IL, November 2006
Speaker, Five Things People Do to Mess Up Their Patent Rights, National Manufacturing Week, ASME International, Chicago, IL, March 2006, March 2005
Speaker, The Optical Patent short course, SPIE’s Photonics West Conference, San Jose, CA, January 2006, January 2005, January 2004
Speaker, Using Patents as a Business Tool short course, the International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, SPIE Annual Meeting, 2005 (San Diego), 2003 (San Diego), 2002 (Seattle)