Category: Case Results

As virtual in-house counsel to Wyeth Vaccines, provided on-site patent counsel services for their NC-based research and manufacturing facilities, including seminal patent prosecution and worldwide portfolio management services for Prevnar 13® (the world's best-selling vaccine before COVID-19, with over $55 Billion in sales...

As outside counsel, helped Dynogen Pharmaceuticals, a neuroscience-based pharmaceutical company, build an international patent portfolio around new formulations and indications for known compounds to treat genitourinary and gastrointestinal disorders. Dynogen raised $63M in funding and signed a merger agreement with Apex Bioventures in which Dynogen...

As outside counsel, provided patent opinion and application services for Syngenta Biotechnology, which formed the basis for a joint venture with Bayer CropScience to commercialize MGI herbicide tolerant soybeans. The stacked trait provides tolerance to mesotrione, glufosinate, and isoxaflutole (MGI) - the active ingredients in Callisto®, Liberty® and...

Helped a retired biomedical engineer from a multigenerational family of trombonists obtain a patent for an electromechanical device to help teach slide positions to trombone students. The device is currently being marketed and sold as the TromboneBuddy™. The issued US patent from his worldwide patent portfolio is...

As outside and in-house counsel, provided patent preparation, prosecution, and strategic portfolio management for Lexaria Bioscience, Corp., a startup focused on enhanced delivery of lipophilic active agents, particularly cannabinoids, nicotine, NSAIDs, and vitamins. Built a worldwide patent portfolio of over 60 patent applications and 16 issued...

As outside counsel, provided patent preparation, prosecution, and strategic portfolio management services for Duke University spin-out Advanced Liquid Logic prior to and following its acquisition for $96 Million by Illumina, the world's leading DNA sequencing company. Selected patent application samples are provided below.