Tom Siepmann, J.D., Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Northern Virginia

Providing experienced, flexible, responsive, and dedicated intellectual property services to chemical and biotech industry companies from start-up to blue chip, as well as academic and research institutions for patent and trademark prosecution. Services include counseling on intellectual property licensing, patent preparation and prosecution, patent validity/invalidity opinions, freedom-to-operate analyses, infringement/non-infringement opinions, strategic global patent portfolio prosecution, and trademark registration. Available for direct hire and/or as independent contractor (part time, temporary or permanent). Rates are flexible and negotiable.

Providing experienced intellectual property counseling services in the chemical and biotech industries through a virtual, responsive, and flexible platform.

North Potomac, Md

Providing experienced patent preparation and prosecution talent to the Ottesen team related to chemical matters including resin and rubber polymers for pneumatic tires and tire technology, battery chemistry, optical coatings, and related technologies, as well as legal opinions on various patent matters related to enforcement, post grant challenge, and non-infringement.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Providing legal counseling in patent law for the fields of chemistry and biotechnology.

Cheyenne, Wyoming Area

Providing experienced intellectual property law counseling services to small businesses and start-ups including legal advice regarding patenting strategy, freedom to operate, infringement, and licensing drafting and negotiations.

United Kingdom

EBD Academy provides highly specialized and immersive training for professionals in pharmaceutical and biotech partnering with the aim of enhancing key skills and competencies that maximize successful partnering and accelerate career progression. I lead the interactive online course ‘Fundamentals of IP for Partnering Deals,' training professionals to secure ownership of IP and obtain successful partnering deals.https://ebdgroup.knect365.com/ip-partnering-deals/

Provide advice to Axogen stakeholders concerning intellectual property matters and patent strategy on an interim and temporary basis; draft patent applications.

Tysons Corner, Va

Provided patent preparation and prosecution services in the chemical and biotechnology sectors.

Alexandria, Va

Tom provided intellectual property guidance to innovators. At LeClairRyan, Tom provided a variety of legal services such as patent drafting, strategic patent portfolio planning, patent prosecution, drafting of non-infringement and invalidity opinions, due diligence analyses, and licensing support including negotiation of complex cross-licensing agreements and collaboration agreements. Tom counseled clients of different sizes from small start-ups to multi-national innovators.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

At Thompson Coburn, Tom provided a variety of legal services such as patent drafting, strategic patent portfolio planning, patent prosecution, due diligence analyses, and licensing support including negotiation of complex cross-licensing agreements and collaboration agreements. Tom's work at Thompson Coburn was mainly directed to therapeutic antibodies and specialty chemicals.

Falls Church, Va

At BSKB, Tom represented clients in post-grant proceedings, including several interference proceedings concerning PD-L1 (B7-H1), and patent prosecution. Tom provided non-infringement opinions and other opinions of counsel on patent matters. Tom continued his patent preparation and prosecution duties in the fields such as biotechnology, genetics, immunology, cell biology, molecular biology, enzymology, protein chemistry, small molecule pharmaceuticals, biologics, thin film chemistry, silica chemistry, and medical devices. While at BSKB, Tom lectured and provided educational support to clients on topics including obtaining and enforcing US patents, as well as export/import compliance.

Santa Clara, Ca

As IP Counsel at Affymetrix, Tom drafted patent applications, managed prosecution of several patent portfolios, advised business partners on a variety of intellectual property matters, assisted in drafting licensing agreements and other contracts, performed FTO analyses, advised various product development groups, and fielded export compliance issues. Patent portfolios managed by Tom included various technologies such as photolithography, nanoparticle manufacturing and derivitization, photochemistry, nucleotide chemistry, silica chemistry, genetics, bioinformatics, microarray technology, microarray instrumentation (liquid handling, robotics, optics, etc.), PCR methods, nucleic acid probes, surfactants and detergents (amphiphiles), bDNA, and other nucleotide analogs.

Fall Church, Va

Prosecuted patent applications before the USPTO, prepared patent applications, advised clients on US patent prosecution strategy in the chemical and biotechnology fields (small molecules, polymers, genes, pharmaceuticals, proteins, cell biology, immunology, immunochemistry, diagnostics, medicinal extracts, tablet manufacturing), conducted solo interviews at the USPTO, drafted FTO opinions, lectured at internal seminars and Summer Training Program, and managed junior attorneys.

Salt Lake City, Ut

Prosecuted patent applications in the biotechnology, virology and chemistry fields, prepared PCT national stage applications, counseled clients in US patent prosecution strategy, drafted patent applications, and assisted in due diligence projects, conducted legal research as litigation support and drafted memoranda, motions, orders, and memoranda in support of motions.

Springboro, Oh

Part-time legal intern while attending law school. Assisted the General Counsel in researching various legal issues facing the business.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Student Intellectual Property Law Association, VP and PresidentLaw Review Intellectual Property & Technology Law.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department Of Chemistry

Activities and Societies: IT Manager for the Poulter LaboratoryIn the laboratory of Professor C. Dale Poulter, organic synthetic chemistry.

Ph.D., Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Accepted into the Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences; ASMBM/IUBMB International Young Scientist.

B.S., Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: University of Illinois Jazz Band, 1989; Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Chemistry, 1990-1992; Teaching Assistant.

Diploma