Intellectual Property Attorney, Partner
CurrentIntellectual Property Patent Attorney advising on and procuring global IP rights for clients in a wide range of industries clean and renewable energy, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.Counseled early stage and start-up companies developing enzyme immobilization technology for use in carbon capture and biofuel cell products by procuring IP protection in the US and foreign jurisdictions and providing freedom-to-operate analysis for lead products and processesPrepared and prosecuted patents in the US and foreign jurisdictions for a start-up pharmaceutical company for a potassium-binding drug from the discovery phase through FDA approval in the US and market authorization in several foreign jurisdictionsPrepared legal opinions to support Paragraph IV certifications for Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) under the Hatch-Waxman ActProcured patent protection for agents for enhancing and improving methods of oil and gas recoveryProcured patent protection for processes for preparing seed oils having high concentrations of highly unsaturated fatty acids and uses of the seed oils in food productsChallenged the validity of patents and opposed the grant of patent applications in the US, China, and EuropeWorked with clients in a wide range of technologies, including fuel cells, small organic molecules for treating pain, cancer and other indications, contrast agents for use in MRI imaging, herbicide formulations, bioactive glass and bionanocomposites as hernia and knee ligament graftsWorked as an area chemist at the DuPont Company, providing analytical and process chemistry support for an agricultural chemical manufacturing plant in La Porte, TexasTaught chemistry an assistant professor of chemistry at College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas
