Experience

Ditthavong, Steiner, & Mlotkowski

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Of Counsel to Ditthavong, Steiner & Mlotkowski

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  AT DS&M, I continue to represent clients in patent prosecution and to assist them in developing intellectual property strategy and commercialization of their intellectual property; with a stronger emphasis on the commercialization part of my practice. AT DS&M, I continue to represent clients in patent prosecution and to assist them in developing intellectual property strategy and commercialization of their intellectual property; with a stronger emphasis on the commercialization part of my practice.



Roberts, Calderon, Safran, & Cole, P.C.

• San Diego, CA and McLean, VA

• Of Counsel

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2021

  At RCSC, I continue to represent clients in patent prosecution and to assist them in developing intellectual property strategy and commercialization of their intellectual property. At RCSC, I continue to represent clients in patent prosecution and to assist them in developing intellectual property strategy and commercialization of their intellectual property.



Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP (BSKB)

• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Specialist - Associate - Partner

  • Aug 1991 - Dec 2013

  I joined BSKB as a technical specialist in biotechnology. During my time at BSKB I became licensed as a USPTO practitioner and as an attorney, and in time became an equity partner in the firm. I chose to remain in San Diego upon the closing of BSKB's California office. My work at BSKB was primarily to assist clients, including start-up and small companies, in the planning of their intellectual property strategy and in the obtaining of patent rights in their inventions. My experience at BSKB included: • Preparing and prosecuting US, foreign and PCT patent applications in all areas of biotechnology (including cloned genes, purified proteins, vaccines, gene therapy vectors and methods, cell lines and cell culture media and methods), biochemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, therapeutic methods, diagnostic reagents, and diagnostic methods, analytic methods and materials sciences • Prosecuting interferences • Performing a variety of opinion work, including patentability, validity and infringement analyses and freedom to operate opinions • Assisting clients in licensing matters • Counseling of clients on intellectual property strategy • Supervising associates and technical advisors In addition I was a frequent lecturer on intellectual property topics. I participated as an invited speaker at meetings of the Licensing Executive Society and the Biotechnology Industry Organization as well as providing instruction in U.S. patent practice at client law firms and the Danish Patent Office and at various universities and research institutes. I also participated in the Practicing Law Institute as an occasional lecturer and as a contributor to their Patent Law Practice Center. Show less



Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Fellow; Senior Staff Fellow

  • Sep 1986 - Jul 1991

  - Initiated a research project resulting in the isolation of a cDNA clone encoding messenger RNA observed to have anti-proliferative activity upon microinjection into growing tissue culture cells. Determined the nucleotide sequence of this clone. - Structural and functional characterization of anti-proliferative cDNA clone; elucidating the expression pattern of the gene; characterization of anti-peptide antisera; using sera to investigate nature of gene product; investigating the effects of induction of the gene product in mammalian cell transfectants; training and supervision of a research associate on this project. Show less