Andy Custer Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA

• Conduct patent landscape, freedom to operate, and patentability analyses for immune checkpoint antibodies, CAR-T technologies, and cancer vaccine therapeutics.
• Draft and prosecute U.S. and international patent applications for cancer immunotherapies and nucleic acid diagnostics.
• Manage U.S. and international patent portfolios for clinical stage products at large companies and early stage development at small companies.

San Diego, CA

• Patent Attorney at LifeProof LLC; Lifeproof merged with Otter Products, LLC in July 2013.
• Interfaced actively with inventors to capture and expand inventive concepts.
• Managed outside IP counsel for domestic and foreign filing and prosecution.
• Developed claim strategies for pending applications to encompass competitor products.

San Diego, CA

• Drafted and prosecuted numerous patent applications in biotechnology and molecular diagnostics; directed foreign counsel in strategic prosecution of foreign applications.
• Prepared and drafted patentability and non-infringement opinions in the areas of biotechnology and biological diagnostics.
• Technology fields included protein and immunologic therapeutics, protein and nucleic acid diagnostics, stem cells, mass spectrometry analysis of proteins.

Gainesville, FL

• Interviewed prospective clients for possible service by Three Rivers.
• Drafted motions and aided in legal research for family law attorney.

Gainesville, Florida

• Analyzed patent field and provide IP guidance for new product development projects.
• Analyzed patent landscape for potential new acquisitions by identifying and assessing relevant patents and publications. Presented analysis for review by R&D scientists and executive officers.
• Prepared literature review on clinical benefits of using implantable productsfor the Regulatory Affairs department.

Gainesville, Florida

• Redesigned custom computer program to filter and sort gene data.
• Genotyped nematode genetic markers using fluorescent PCR techniques.

• Examined evolution of genes in fruit flies and humans using PCR and molecular cloning.
• Utilized immunoblots and allozyme gels to examine protein expression in flies.
• Microinjected fly embryos for stable transfection of genes of interest.

Rochester, New York

• Localized proteins in nerves of rodents using fluorescence antibody labeling and microscopy.
• Analyzed conduction velocity of axons using electrophysiology techniques.
• Utilized surgical techniques for reagent injection into sciatic nerve and eyes of rodents.

Juris Doctor

Ph.D., Neuroscience

Thesis title: Examination of Molecules Involved in the Clustering of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels at the Node of Ranvier.

B.A., Biology