Scott McKeown

Scott McKeown is a prominent patent litigator specializing in post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), particularly inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). His practice also extends to related appeals at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and concurrent district court and International Trade Commission (ITC) litigations. He handles a broad range of technologies, including computer software, wireless telecommunication protocols, network architectures, e-commerce applications, medical devices, mechanical engineering, and analog and digital signal processing. His representative engagements have included defending clients in matters such as Certain Hydrodermabrasion Systems and Components Thereof II and In re Centripetal Networks, LLC.

With extensive experience, Mr. McKeown has handled over 500 PTAB matters since 2012, some involving more than $500 million. While historically active in representing petitioners at the PTAB, he has expressed a desire to increase his representation of patent owners. Notable outcomes include a Federal Circuit decision that vacated a PTAB ruling in a precedential opinion, leading to a reversal in favor of patent owner Sony on remand, and successfully cancelling all challenged claims for an American medical technology company in PTAB IPR proceedings concerning automated pharmaceutical dosage preparation. He was recognized by Managing IP as its "Outstanding PTAB Litigator" in 2020.

Mr. McKeown is currently a shareholder in the Post-Grant Proceedings Practice at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, having joined their Washington, D.C. office in July 2023. Prior to this, he chaired the PTAB practice group at Ropes & Gray and held a similar leadership role at another Am Law 10 firm, following 17 years at an intellectual property boutique.

A recognized authority in post-grant patent law, Mr. McKeown is a Founding Director of the PTAB Bar Association and a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches a course on USPTO Post-Grant Proceedings. He also authors the award-winning blog, PatentsPostGrant.com. He earned his J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1999 and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Temple University. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, among other courts.