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Scott D. Marty, Ph.D.

Partner
Atlanta

Scott D. Marty is Co-Leader of the firm's Life Sciences Industry Team. His practice focuses on various aspects of biotechnology patent prosecution, diligence, counseling, as well as drafting and negotiating complex IP-related transactions.

Scott’s clients run the gamut from multinational Fortune 500 companies to emerging growth start-ups. Regardless of size, clients benefit from his experience in navigating all areas of drug discovery through development, including product launch. In the start-up space, he provides strategic patent counseling to life sciences companies, guiding them through every stage of a product's life cycle.

Representative Experience 

Representative Matters

Patent Prosecution and Counseling

  • Serves as primary diligence and opinion counsel for several biotech companies and investment firms
  • Serves as primary/lead patent prosecution counsel to multiple major international, nonprofit research institutions, supporting the biotechnological and biomaterials programs
  • Serves as patent prosecution counsel, conducts diligence and freedom to operate analysis

Professional Highlights

Professional Activities

State Bar of Georgia

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Association of University Technology Managers

Licensing Executive Society

Ballard Spahr's Intellectual Property Department Recruiting Committee, Co-Chair

Recognition & Accomplishments

LMG Life Sciences Awards – "Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year," 2022; "Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year - South," Shortlist, 2023 and 2024; Life Sciences Star - Patent Prosecution, Patent Strategy & Management, 2022-2024

Managing Intellectual Property, "Patent Star," 2022-2025

IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, patent prosecution, 2014-2015, 2019-2025

Chambers USA, Intellectual Property (Georgia), 2025

USPTO, Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate, 2022

Speaking Engagements

"Stories from the IP Crypt," Startup Launchpad, May 21, 2025

"IP 101," ZERO Labs, March 18, 2025

Panelist, "Unlocking Capital Funding Pathways," South Dakota Biotech Summit & Annual Meeting, October 2025

Board Memberships & Community Service

Scott serves as a student mentor for the Georgia State University College of Law Mentor Program and participates in coaching the Georgia State University Moot Court teams.

Publications

Co-author, "How to Prove it to the PTAB," Managing Intellectual Property, January 26, 2016 

Co-author, "Inter Partes Review: It's No Party for University Patent Owners," BioTechnology Law Report, April 2014

Co-author, "Biopatent Law: European vs. U.S. Patent Law," SpringerBriefs in Biotech Patents (2014)

Credentials 

Education

Georgia State University College of Law (J.D. 2004)

Medical College of Georgia (Ph.D., biochemistry and molecular biology, 2001)

State University of West Georgia (B.A., biology, 1996)

Admissions

Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office