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Patent preparation and prosecution worldwide.
Preparation of freedom to operate opinions worldwide.
Preparation of non-infringement opinions worldwide.
Specialized knowledge in the chemical and pharmaceutical arts including:
chemical inventions, especially polymer chemistry
biochemical applications
materials coating technology and processes
biotechnological applications
surgical and medical devices
food processing equipment and technology
basic mechanical technologies
Extensive research experience in the following areas:
mechanism of action of pharmaceuticals in whole animal and cell culture systems
cell culture technology
molecular biological techniques
hypolipidemic agents
biochemical analysis and subcellular isolation techniques
fluorometric assay methods
enzyme kinetics analysis
flow cytometry and cell sorting technology
HPLC detection methods
histochemical methodology
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Intellectual Property
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
State Bar of Michigan
American Bar Association
Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
"Characterization of Acutely Dissociated and Cultured Neonatal Rat Olfactory Bulb Neurons," Society of Neuroscience Abstract, Vol. 17:153,4, 1991
"Coordinated Regulation of Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and Catecholamine-Related Rat and Human Genes," Society of Neuroscience Abstract, Vol. 20, 1994
"Nitric Oxide and Tetrahydrobiopterin Metabolism Following Cerebral Ischemia in the Rat," Society of Neuroscience Abstract, Vol. 20, 1994
"Peroxisomal Fatty acyl-CoA Oxidase is Not Regulated by Triiodothyronine," Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1044:169-172, 1990
"Regulation of Peroxisomal Fatty Acyl-CoA Oxidase and Mitochondrial Glycerol-3-," Ph.D. Thesis, Wayne State University, 1990
"Studies on the Second Messengers Involved in the Co-Induction of Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and Catecholomine-related Genes in Cultured PC12 Cells," 7th International Conference on Pteridines and Related Biogneic Amines, Pteridines, Vol. 5, No 1, p.35, 1994
"Thyroid Hormone-independent Regulation of Mitochondrial Glycero-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase by the Peroxisomal Proliferator Clofibric Acid," Biochemical Pharmacology, 41:652-655, 1991
EDUCATION
Calvin College, B.S. 1983
Wayne State University, Ph.D. 1990
The University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1996.
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