Lars is a Partner & Patent Attorney at McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC (Des Moines, IA). Lars has a technical background in Aerospace Engineering (University of Minnesota ’13). Much of Lars’ practice focuses on drafting, prosecuting, and enforcing mechanical, electrical, and design patents. Lars is a 4x recipient of the USPTO’s Patent Pro-Bono Certificate (2020-2023).
Lars is a patent attorney with a technical background in Aerospace Engineering (University of Minnesota ’13). Much of Lars’ practice focuses on drafting, prosecuting, and enforcing mechanical, electrical, and design patents. Before coming to MVS, Lars gained valuable experience at the USPTO drafting Office actions as a Summer Extern in USPTO Art Unit 2837, which relates to musical technologies and inductors.
Lars joined MVS after graduating magna cum laude from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. While completing his law degree, Lars was awarded Mitchell Hamline’s Patent Law Certificate; served as a Notes & Comments Editor for Cybaris®, an Intellectual Property Law Review; conducted research for Professor R. Carl Moy; was elected Vice President of Mitchell Hamline’s Student Intellectual Property Law Association; and prosecuted patent applications as a certified Student Attorney through Mitchell Hamline’s Intellectual Property Law Clinic.
Lars enjoys competition, as some of his favorite hobbies include numbers, sports, and games. Lars’ favorite course in college was thus unsurprisingly Honors Game Theory. Lars also enjoys travelling to foreign countries with his family and is a dual citizen of the United States and Ireland.
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