Verrill’s patent attorneys specialize in assisting biotech and life science clients at every level from university research, to startups, to mid-market and large corporations. We understand the challenges of leveraging funding for product development from dynamic research programs in a competitive environment. We’re experienced in US and foreign patent prosecution, patent litigation, post-grant proceedings, opinions related to non-infringement, invalidity, freedom to operate, inventorship disputes, licensing, portfolio analysis, and competitor analysis.
Our patent prosecutors have extensive experience dealing with patent eligibility matters and work with a wide array of technologies including the following:
- Antibodies
- Aptamers
- Aquaculture
- Biofuels
- Cancer therapies and vaccines
- CAR T-cells
- Cell culture
- Chromatography systems
- CRISPR technology
- Drug delivery vehicles
- Drug formulation
- ELISA
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization
- Food science and enzymes
- Gene therapy
- Genetic adjuvants
- Genomics
- Immunotherapeutics
- Industrial chemical and biochemical processes
- Medical diagnostics
- Microscopy technology and image analysis
- Modular agricultural systems
- Nanoparticles
- Nucleic acids
- Nutritional biochemistry
- Probes
- Proteins
- Sequencing technology
- Small molecule pharmaceuticals
- Spectrometry
- Stem cells
- Targeting of drugs and biologics
- Test kits
- Transgenic animals
- Treatment of diabetes and metabolic diseases
- Viral vectors
Examples of how our patent attorneys have helped their biotech clients include:
- Quickly established a patent portfolio in the competitive CAR T-cell space to support funding efforts of a biotech startup.
- Assisted an instrumentation company in an inventorship dispute with its research collaborator, resulting in the company establishing its own patent portfolio.
- Obtained broad patent coverage for a biologics formulations company to support its partnering efforts.
Experience
Successfully obtained federal, state, and local permits for multiple expansions of Maine’s only commercial landfill facility and provides ongoing compliance and regulatory support for the landfill and associated facilities.