Chemical, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical Scientific Knowledge

Our Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice comprises more than 60 core members, including attorneys, patent agents, technical specialists, and specialized professionals, and more than two-thirds of our team has earned advanced degrees in chemical and biological sciences. By combining our educational and technical backgrounds with our legal services experience, we have the ability to understand your innovations and issues inside and out. Some of the areas in which we counsel clients like you include:

• Biotechnology: Pharmacology; vaccine development; gene therapy technologies; diagnostic medicine; stem cell technologies; personalized medicine technologies; drug delivery and design; immunology and virology; antibodies; and biomedical research and development
• Chemical: Chemical engineering; organic and inorganic chemistry; small molecule chemistry; chiral chemistry; metallurgy; semiconductor and superconductor materials; polymers; enzymes; and pharmaceutical formulations and delivery systems
• Agricultural Biotechnology: Plant sciences; fertilizers; and green energy technologies
• Nutraceuticals
• Synthetic Biology

Our practice also offers a deep bench of patent agents, former USPTO examiners, former clerks to judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and prolific writers and speakers on issues pertinent to the life sciences industry. This experience enables us to provide you with a full-range of IP services with a detailed understanding of your technical needs.