Minita G. Holloway
Minita Holloway assists the firm in biotechnology patent prosecution matters, including application drafting, U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, and clearance and patentability studies. Her areas of scientific expertise include molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry and genetics.
- Supplies technical expertise in working with research scientists to review invention disclosures and draft patent applications.
- Prepared office action responses.
- Conducted inventorship analysis.
- Performed patentability, validity and freedom to operate studies.
- Helped investment firm analyze pending patent applications of competitors and evaluate risk of infringement as barrier to market entry.
Minita served as an intern at Boston University’s Office of Technology Development, where she examined prior art, recommended IP protection strategies, conducted assessments of various technologies, and identified relevant markets.
During Minita’s doctoral work, she investigated the molecular basis for the sex-dependent regulation of key enzymes involved in the metabolism of steroids and drugs. She focused on the regulation of sexually dimorphic liver genes by growth hormone via transcription factors using knock out animal models, and identified sex-specific Dnasel hypersensitive sites using tiling arrays.
Minita’s laboratory experience includes DNA and RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis, Real time PCR analysis, Southern and Western Blotting, DNA microarray analysis, mammalian cell culture, transient transfection of mammalian cell lines, primary hepatocyte isolation, and maintaining and breeding mice colonies.
Minita has authored and co-authored publications in Molecular Endocrinology, Endocrinology and Physiological Genomics.
Minita was awarded the I. Alden Macchi Award for Excellence in Endocrinology and Regulatory Biology. She was also the recipient of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Training Grant Predoctoral Fellowship.
University of Mumbai, India, B.Sc., Chemistry
University of Pune, M.S., Biochemistry
Boston University, Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2013 Candidate
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
