Practice Areas and Expertise

• Preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign-origin patent applications in a wide range of technologies including: biotechnology, molecular biology, chemistry, biophysics, immunology, software and electrical / computer engineering.

• Developing and implementing domestic and foreign patent application prosecution strategies for both large and small corporate entities, and universities.

• Extensive experience in evaluating patent rights and in preparing freedom to operate, invalidity and non-infringement opinions and analyses.

• Counseling clients regarding legal matters relating to Intellectual Property including patent portfolio management and filing strategies, freedom to operate issues, patent prosecution, post-issuance procedures (e.g., reissue and reexamination), trade secret law, licensing, and enforcement.

• Negotiating and preparing patent licensing agreements for both small companies and large corporations.

• Significant inter partes patent and trade secret litigation experience, at both United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. District Courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and, in a strategic capacity, the European Patent Office trial and appellate levels.

• Expertise in Technology Transfer.