Kathleen Rose Geyer

I'll research this attorney's background and practice before writing the summary.

Let me verify the specific tracked case and dig into PTAB experience.

Let me verify the specific Unified Patents v. Zodiac case and Nalu/Nevro outcome.

Professional Summary — Kathleen R. ("Kate") Geyer

Specialty / focus areas. Geyer is a patent litigator whose practice centers on federal district court and U.S. International Trade Commission (Section 337) litigation, with a secondary focus on post-grant proceedings before the PTAB. Her public biographies describe a broad industry mix — medical device and pharmaceutical companies, consumer goods, and retailers — and firm listings flag medical/surgical devices, electronics and computers, and retail/consumer goods. The tracked matters are consistent with this: mechanical/consumer-products work for Zodiac (robotic pool cleaners), medical-device work for Nalu Medical (spinal cord stimulators) and in the Barry v. DePuy Synthes/Stryker/Orthopediatrics line of orthopedic cases, and optics/consumer-electronics matters involving Valve, Apple, and Motorola Mobility. She holds an undergraduate physics degree from MIT, which is consistent with the electromechanical and device-heavy docket.

Side preference. The tracked data (1 appearance, defendant side, as counsel) reflects only a narrow snapshot and skews defense. The broader public record shows she works both sides, though almost exclusively for operating companies rather than NPEs/PAEs: she has defended Walmart (IPR2020-01026), Apple, Motorola Mobility, and Nalu Medical, and has represented operating companies as plaintiffs/appellants — Valve (Symbology Innovations v. Valve; Valve v. Rothschild), Starbucks (Starbucks v. Valtrus), and Zodiac as ITC complainant. No representation of a patent-asserting NPE/PAE was found. On this record, her practice is best characterized as operating-company-side patent litigation, with defense as the larger but not exclusive share.

Firm context. She has spent her entire legal career at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, in the Seattle office — first as a 2018 summer associate, now listed as a senior associate. No prior firm or in-house role was found; she was a business analyst at SRA International before law school.

Notable matters / outcomes. Verified results include the Zodiac ITC investigation (Inv. No. 337-TA-1326) and related Central District of California action against Wybotics and the Aiper entities, resolved before trial via a consent order barring Aiper's U.S. imports/sales and sworn representations from Wybotics; and representation of Nalu Medical in Nevro Corp. v. Nalu Medical (D. Del.) and Nalu's IPR2021-01023, which settled favorably on the eve of claim construction. The single tracked case, Unified Patents v. Zodiac Pool Systems LLC (Zodiac as defendant/counsel), appears to be a PTAB challenge by the defensive aggregator Unified Patents against a Zodiac patent; I was unable to verify its specific proceeding number or outcome from public sources, so that characterization is inferred rather than confirmed.

PTAB / IPR experience. Yes — she has served as back-up counsel in IPRs (e.g., Walmart's IPR2020-01026, admitted pro hac vice) and, per firm materials, has argued at an IPR oral hearing through the PTAB's Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP), in addition to the Nalu IPR.

Bar / education. Admitted in Washington (2019) and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2021); J.D., George Washington University Law School (2019, high honors, Order of the Coif); B.S. in Physics, MIT (2012).

Note: the authoritative case list contains only one tracked appearance, so the case history above is supplemented from firm biographies and public dockets; items not independently verifiable are flagged.