Recognitions & Accomplishments
LMG Life Sciences Star (2019, 2020)
IAM Patent 1000 Guide, top patent lawyer (2012-2020)
Chambers USA, Intellectual Property: Patent (2016-2020)
Managing Intellectual Property, IP Star (2018-2020)
Legal 500, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution – utility and design patents (2015)
Publications
Co-author, “Bilski and Beyond: The Impact of the Bilski Decision for Biotech” BioWorld. July 22, 2010.
Author, “US Biotech Patent Law - Shifting Sands.” Life Sciences Law & Business, Issue 5, page 12, December 2004/January 2005.
Author, “US Courts Get Tough On Research Patents.” Scrip Magazine, Issue 132, page 29, March 2004.
Author, “Nerve Growth Factor Receptors on Dissociated Neurofibroma Schwann-like Cells,” Journal of Cancer Research, March 1986
Speaking Engagements
Speaker, “Digging Into the Weeds of the Supreme Court’s Funk Brothers Case to Dig out of 101 Ineligibility,” New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, April 30, 2019
Speaker, “Navigating Hurdles of Patentability: Subject Matter Eligibility Under the USPTO December 16, 2014 Guidance” Center for International Legal Studies: The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, January 25-30, 2015, Kitzbuhel, Austria
Invited speaker, USPTO 101 Forum, May 9, 2014
Speaker, “Bilski and its Impact on Life Sciences Diagnostic Patents,” Center for International Legal Studies: Global IP Strategies after the Crises, February 3, 2011, Kitzbuhel, Austria.
Speaker, “Future of Medicine Conference 2009 - Open Source Panel,” participant on panel discussion to discuss issues of open source in biotechnology held at MaRS Discovery District, Canada.
Board Memberships
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Fordham Law School Neuroscience Law Center