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Mrs. Remily joined Kenyon & Kenyon in 2005 from Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, LLP, where she was an associate. Mrs. Remily counsels clients in all areas of patent law, including obtaining and enforcing patents, avoiding infringement, and conducting reissue and re-examination proceedings, as well as patent estate due diligence and development.
Mrs. Remily focuses her practice in chemical patent matters, with an emphasis in rendering opinions relating to patentability, infringement, validity and freedom-to-operate issues in the pharmaceutical arts. She has also had experience with various aspects of the Hatch-Waxman Act. Much of her work has involved patent matters related to filings of Abbreviated New Drug Applications by generic drug manufacturers. She has also assisted clients in obtaining patent term extensions under 35 U.S.C. § 156. In addition, Mrs. Remily has drafted opinions and patent applications in other technical areas including cosmetics, agrichemicals, polymers, rubber compositions, cement compositions, cigarettes, fine chemicals and medical devices.
Her technical experience is in the area of chemistry, with an emphasis in organic chemistry and pharmaceuticals. Prior to attending Georgetown University Law Center, Mrs. Remily was a research chemist for Merck & Co., Inc., where her work involved the synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds, as well as combinatorial chemistry approaches for lead optimization and drug discovery. In graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University, her research related to the synthesis of novel trioxane and artmisinin analogs as anti-malarial or chemotherapeutic agents. Mrs. Remily also received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double-major in Chemistry and Biology from Cornell University, where she worked as a research assistant in both the Chemistry Department and the Material Science and Engineering Department.
Mrs. Remily is a member of the American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Executives Society, American Chemical Society, and the Virginia State Bar Association.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS Commonwealth of Virginia
District of Columbia
Professional Organizations
American Bar Association
American Chemical Society
American Intellectual Property Law Association
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