Tasha R. Kelley

Tasha Kelley is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Practice Group. She concentrates her practice in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets and rights of publicity. 
  
Ms. Kelley brings to Krieg DeVault over ten years of technical experience working with several Fortune 500 companies.  Her background includes powdered metals, magnetic materials, energy storage systems, electro-magnetic rotating machines and ignition system components. 

Additionally, Ms. Kelley gained vast experience coordinating system and product development of electrical and mechanical components for electrical vehicle battery packs with the Electrical Propulsion Group of General Motors – Advanced Technology Vehicles. 

Representative Experience

• Prepared and prosecuted U.S. patent applications and provided coordination of corresponding international/foreign patent filing and prosecution
• Prepared patentability assessments for invention disclosures to evaluate patent coverage in selected technology area
• Assisted in preparing patent infringement opinions
• Significant experience in automotive and aerospace applications

Education

• Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, Indiana (J.D., 2008)
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (B.S. in Material Science and Engineering, 1995)

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 2008
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 2008
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2008
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 2010

Areas of Technical Expertise

• Powder Metal Design and Manufacturing
• Electrical Automotive Component Design
• Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Processing
• Rubber Design Processing
• Statistical Process Control
• Design of Experiments

Professional Associations

• Indianapolis Bar Association (Member)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
• Women & High Tech (Member)
• NP United Soccer Club (Board Member, 2009)
• Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads Council, Pack 234 (Committee Member, 2009)

Awards and Recognitions

• Society of Plastic Engineers Automotive Most Innovative Use of Plastic (S10 Electric Truck Battery Pack Enclosure with Integrated Airflow)
• Alpha Sigma Mu – Materials Science and Engineering National Honor Society