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. Can I patent my industrial sauna design that minimizes heat exchange?
- A: I think that you actually want do NOT want a design patent, but a utility patent. Investigate the difference.
Go hire a patent lawyer who works in mechanical arts. He/She will explain the next steps to you. Do not try to do this on your own.
- Q. Can I sue a parent company for patenting my idea without my permission?
- A: Your employer, whether directly the subsidiary that you are working for or the parent company, is under no obligation to patent or not patent your invention. They are your employer. They may patent it or not. It is their call.
- Q. What type of lawyer should I consult to protect and patent university-related product ideas?
- A: You should consult with a patent attorney. A patent attorney will also advise you on trademarks.
When selecting a patent attorney, make sure to select one that works in that subject matter specialty Namely, if your invention is in chemistry, consult with a patent lawyer that specializes in chemistry, if it is an invention in electrocis, consult an electrical engineering patent lawyer, etc.
Also, you do not need a nondisclosure agreement to talk to a lawyer about your invention. An attorney is bound by ethics rules to keep your ideas and inventions confidential. A client disclosed to me new drug inventions that later generated 10+ billion dollars per year, without needing an NDA. ... Read More