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Practice Groups
Biotechnology, Co-Chair |
John R. Van AmsterdamJohn Van Amsterdam specializes in patent prosecution, patent interferences, counseling, and intellectual property transactions in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and molecular biology. His areas of expertise include protection of therapeutics and diagnostics for cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and metabolic disorders, novel biofuels and methods of biofuel production, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, applications of synthetic biology, antibody technologies, new medical uses and formulations of known compounds, and nucleic acid sequencing and detection technologies. Previous Experience
After earning his Ph.D., John was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute in Princeton, NJ, where his research on fos family proto-oncogenes examined the effects of gene disruption on embryonic stem cell differentiation and mouse development. Professional and Civic Activities
American Bar Association American Intellectual Property Law Association Boston Patent Law Association MIT $100K Competition
MIT Clean Energy Prize Competition
Also Noteworthy
John is Chair of the firm's Hiring Committee. |
Education
Middlebury College, B.A., Chemistry and Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S., Applied Biological Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Toxicology Suffolk University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude Admitted To Practice
Massachusetts U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Newsstand
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