Kregg Koch

Kregg A. Koch’s practice includes strategic patent procurement, patent portfolio management, intellectual property due diligence and general counseling on domestic and international IP protection, infringement, patentability, and IP agreements.  Kregg currently represents clients in a wide range of technologies, with an emphasis on medical devices and procedures, cleantech, aerospace, recreation, sports and fitness goods, and consumer products.

Kregg is part of Knobbe’s Medical Devices and Procedures group, the top firm for medical device patent grants in the U.S.  In the medical device field, Kregg has worked extensively with cardiovascular, orthopedic, and wound care technologies.  Through his work with medical devices, Kregg has a passion for innovation in the space, and serves as an IP coach, mentor, and lecturer for both the Stanford Mussalem Center for BioDesign and UCLA Biodesign programs, and regularly lectures on IP protection and enforcement for UCLA’s Bioengineering program.

In addition to his educational background in environmental, civil, and mechanical engineering, Kregg spent several years working as a component design engineer on NASA’s Space Shuttle Main Engine rocket program for the Rocketdyne division of The Boeing Company.  In particular, he worked as a conceptual design and manufacturing support engineer. While working on this program, Kregg received NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Award for engine safety related mechanical design contributions.