Kevin Townsend

Intellectual property, transactional and regulatory counseling, acquisition, licensing, due diligence, dispute resolution, opinions, and appeals for the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical and biotechnology products and technologies. -With 20 years of in house and law firm experience, I have supported the intellectual property, transactional, regulatory, and related legal business needs of small, medium and global life sciences companies in the United States, EU and Asia.

My expertise lies in intellectual property, transactional and regulatory counseling, acquisition, licensing, due diligence, dispute resolution, opinions, and appeals for the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical and biotechnology products and technologies. -With 20 years of in house and law firm experience, I have supported the intellectual property, transactional, regulatory, and related legal business needs of small, medium and global life sciences companies in the United States,

Client counseling and management of pharmaceutical patent and related complex global IP issues, including analysis and strategic planning for development and design arounds for multiple products in all stages of development, securing freedom to operate from relevant valid third party patents relating to discovery, technology development, product development, formulation, administration, manufacturing, clinical development and marketing; including strategic counseling and management of all IP issues.

Client counseling and management of pharmaceutical patent and related complex global IP issues, including analysis and strategic planning for development and design arounds for multiple products in all stages of development, securing freedom to operate from relevant valid third party patents relating to discovery, technology development, product development, formulation, administration, manufacturing, clinical development and marketing; including strategic counseling and management of all IP issues.

Chemical, biotech and software IP counseling, licensing, product clearances, infringement and invalidity opinions, patent drafting, prosecution and appeals and interferences, chemical, biotech and pharma companies, academic and non-profit institutions, including NIH/government licensing. Personal drafting of 30-40 patent applications per year.

Chemical, biotech and mechanical patent licensing, product clearances, infringement and invalidity opinions, patent drafting, prosecution and appeals and interferences, for chemical, biotech and pharma companies, and for academic and non-profit institutions. Personal drafting of 40-50 patent applications per year.

Chemical, biotech and mechanical patent infringement and invalidity opinions, patent drafting, prosecution and appeals and interferences, for chemical, biotech and pharma companies, academic and non-profit institutions. Personal drafting of 40-50 patent applications per year.

Biotech, chemical and mechanical patent licensing, product clearances, infringement and invalidity opinions, patent drafting, prosecution and appeals and interferences, chemical, biotech and pharma companies, academic and non-profit institutions. Personal drafting of 30-40 patent applications per year.

Chemical and biological analysis of : (a) DNA repair in xeroderma pigmentosum patients and cloning and expression of cytochrome p-450s in vaccina, retrovirus and baculovirus expression systems, characterization, antibodies and enzyme assay development and kinetics.

general law, patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, licensing, know how, patent office practice, patent drafting, appeals, interferences, re-examinations, re-issues

molecular biology, cellular physiology, endocrinology