Partner
CurrentI am a partner in the Intellectual Property practice group with over 20 years of experience focusing on matters relating to the chemical, pharmaceutical and medical arts, with particular emphasis in patent preparation and prosecution. I regularly advise clients on international patent portfolio management, patent validity and infringement studies, post-issuance proceedings, freedom-to-operate studies and patent litigation. A significant component of my practice entails working on-site with inventors, business teams and in-house counsel of major chemical and pharmaceutical companies to develop and execute strategies to obtain, protect and enforce their intellectual property rights, as well as to avoid infringing competitor patent rights. My extensive technical experience includes organic, inorganic and polymer chemistry; silicon polymer chemistry; all aspects of microelectronics production; pharmaceuticals; chemical process technologies; electrochemistry; coatings and film; packaging technologies; catalysts; industrial gases; membranes and membrane systems; medical processes and devices; detergents and cleaners; and lithography. I am skilled at developing and implementing patent strategies for clients, performing intellectual property due diligence reviews and analyses, mediating disputes regarding inventorship between parties to joint development agreements, and handling all aspects of intellectual property litigation.
