Roque El-Hayek

Roque El-Hayek is involved in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications focusing in the areas of biotechnology, cellular and molecular biology, drug delivery, medical therapeutics, and pharmaceuticals.

• Assisted leading academic medical institution in securing patent protection for licensed diagnostic test now widely used and expected to be used on millions of patients and is the basis of a new therapeutic indication.
• Managed patent portfolio of platform technology for biotechnology client in clinical trials.
• Successfully defended oppositions of clients' European patents.
• Prosecuted patent applications in areas of diagnostics, therapeutics and pharmaceuticals in early phases of development as well as in clinical trials.
• Counseled academic institutions and companies regarding technologies and proposed strategies based on client's business goals.
• Analyzed clients' patent portfolios for freedom to operate and for prospective investment due diligence.

Prior to joining the firm, Roque served as a Senior Research Associate with Boston Biomedical Research Institute where he studied the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of intracellular calcium in skeletal and cardiac muscle.

During his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Medical School Departments of Physiology, Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Roque studied the regulation of purified skeletal and cardiac ryanodine receptors and dihydropyridine receptors by endogenous intracellular modulators as well as drugs. He also studied the effects of recombinant growth hormone therapy on growth and renal function in an experimental model of compromised kidney function.

Roque has authored and co-authored over 20 articles in journals including Biochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biophysical Journal, and American Journal of Physiology.

Boston Patent Law Association

Roque has been named one of Massachusetts Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” in the field of intellectual property law.

He also received the American Heart Association’s Scientist Development Award.

Roque is fluent in French and Arabic.

American University of Beirut, B.S., Biology

American University of Beirut Medical School, M.D.

Suffolk University Law School, J.D.

Massachusetts

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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