Peter D. Mlynek
Patent Law for Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Biotech IndustriesWe help to solve clients’ business problems by providing legal and business advice related to intellectual property. Although not limited in industries that we serve, we specializing in working with clients in the chemical, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology business sectors. Our services include • Business Counseling: planning, developing and executing a patenting strategy that is consistent with the clients’ business goals. • US patents: drafting and prosecuting patent applications to clients’ inventions. • International Patents: working through non-US law firms to obtain patents in countries and areas around the globe. • Opinions: preparing freedom to operate opinions, patent invalidity opinions, infringement opinions, and due diligence analysis associated with M&A transactions. • Licensing of intellectual property. • Non-Patent IP Protection: by securing patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
- Rutgers University - Camden
- J.D. (2007) | Law
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- Honors: • Dean's List multiple semesters • A/A+/A- grades in Patent Law I, Patent Law II, Patent Prosecution Seminar, Drug & Device Law, Food & Drug Administration Law
- Activities: President of the Rutgers Intellectual Property Law Association
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- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Ph.D. (1996) | Inorganic Chemistry
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- Activities: • Thesis: "Synthesis, Isolation, and Characterization of Variety of High Nuclearity Nickel-Antimony, Nickel-Bismuth, and Nickel Copper Carbonyl Clusters". Such clusters may model catalytic active sites in metal catalyzed reactions. • Major: Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry • Minor: Analytical Chemistry. Classes in electrochemistry, spectroscopy, laser physics, chromatography. • 5 academic papers. • Synthesized organometallic and metal cluster compounds under anaerobic conditions via Schlenk equipment, drybox, as well as traditional organic synthetic techniques. • Isolated and purified compounds by solvent extraction, liquid chromatography, and crystallization. • Characterized compounds by multinuclear NMR, CV, HPLC, AA, MS, XRF, IR, and X-ray single crystal crystallography. • Developed new synthetic routes to organic ligands that were used as starting materials.
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- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- MBA (1993) | Finance, Investments, and Banking
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- Activities: • 20 Graduate level classes in Business and related fields
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- University of California - Berkeley
- B.S. (1987) | Chemistry
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- Activities: • Course work in all chemistry disciplines, including graduate level classes. • Four semesters of research in bio-inorganic chemistry: synthesized, isolated and characterized non-heme iron dioxygenase model compounds.
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- New Jersey
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- Pennsylvania
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- USPTO
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- Free Consultation
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Intellectual Property
- Q. If someone was to program a piece of software for an organization, hosted on their server, can they use it if they leave
- A: That depends on factors, including whether the programmer was an employee or a contractor, whether the programmer owned it prior to the installation onto the server or it was done specifically for the company, and whether the person was paid for the work of writing the program, etc.
- Q. I need a lawyer to have international patent intellectual property rights for a non-US resident
- A: Patent lawyers very deal with international patent law on a daily basis. The way it works is that we are hired by a client who tells us which countries patent protection is needed, and we then coordinate patent work for our clients in all of those countries via local associates ("associates" = lawyers who are able to practice in the country of interest). You are able to hire a lawyer anywhere in the world who would be able to coordinate the patent prosecution around the globe, but I suggest that you start with an attorney in the country where you live.
- Q. Hello, How can I find out if I can copy a patent product and just stick my own logo to it instead of theirs logo.
- A: Well, the point of patents is to prevent you from doing exactly what you are trying to do. However, you should be able to copy someone else's patented product if somehow you don't infringe (you are outside the scope of the claims of the patent), or there is a problem with the patent that makes it unenforceable (it expired, it is anticipated by prior art, etc.). Go seek a patent attorney who can help you with this.