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  Technology Law
  Biotech / Life Sciences
 


Sara D. Vinarov / Partner
Professional Experience
Sara Vinarov is a partner in the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Dr. Vinarov is a registered patent attorney, who specializes in representing clients in the life sciences arena. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady LLP, Dr. Vinarov worked for The Procter & Gamble Company in both their cardio-metabolic division and pharmaceutical/healthcare patent division. She has extensive experience representing universities, research institutions and emerging companies to obtain patents on inventions that are successfully licensed and commercialized around the world. She manages extensive worldwide patent portfolios for clients in a variety of life science (biotechnology, molecular biology, biology and biochemistry) areas. Dr. Vinarov's practice primarily includes:
  • Preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the U.S. and internationally relating to: stem cells, methods/media for maintaining and differentiating stem cells, molecular diagnostics, biomarker assays, gene and protein therapeutics, structural genomics and proteomics, enzymology, microarrays, antibodies, glycobiology, vaccines, carbohydrate chemistry, plant genetic engineering, bio-pulping, prescription drug monitoring, natural antioxidants and use thereof, food preservation and high-throughput drug screening assays.

  • Counseling clients on strategic global patent portfolio management.

  • Counseling clients and preparing opinions in matters pertaining to patentability, infringement, validity and freedom to operate issues.

  • Counseling clients on matters relating to life-science non-disclosure, university joint venture, and licensing agreements.
Education and Honors
  • Marquette University Law School (J.D., 2000)
    Lead Articles Editor, Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review.
  • University of Notre Dame (Ph.D., 1998)
    Degree: Biochemistry.
  • Trinity University (B.S., 1992)
    Degree: Biochemistry.
Bar Admissions
Illinois, 2009
Wisconsin, 2000

Court Admissions
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2001

Professional Recognition
Named one of Madison's “40 under 40” by In Business magazine (2008).

Professional and Civic Activities
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association - “AIPLA” (Member).

  • American Bar Association - “ABA” (Member).

  • The Federal Circuit Bar Association (Member).

  • Illinois State Bar Association (Member).

  • Chicago Bar Association (Member).

  • State Bar of Wisconsin (Member).

She is also involved with organizations such as:

  • International Structural Genomics Organization

  • Forward Wisconsin (Former member of the BIO Marketing Advisory Committee).

  • Madison Opera (Former member of Board of Trustees).


Languages
Farsi

Selected Presentations/Publications

Intellectual Property-Related

  • Presenter/Published Outline, “What Every Business Lawyer Should Know About Changes in Patent Laws That Can Affect Your Clients?,” Annual Convention of Wisconsin State Bar-Business Section, 1:111-127 (May 2008).

  • Author, “Patent Essentials for Business Attorneys: From Patent to Profit,” Wisconsin Bar Association's Business Law Newsletter (January 2005).

  • Presenter, “Patent Protection for Structural Genomics-related Inventions,” 3rd International Conference on Structural Genomics (ICSG 2004), Washington, DC (November 17, 2004).

  • Author, “Patent Essentials for Business Owners: From Patent to Profit,” Wisconsin Technology Network (November 2, 2004).

  • Presenter, Workshop on “Exploring Patenting and Licensing Policy for Proteomics,” The National Academy of Sciences Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomics and Protein Research and Innovation, Washington, DC. (June 4, 2004).
  • Presenter/Published Outline, “What Every Business Lawyer Should Know About Patents?,” Annual Convention of Wisconsin State Bar-Business Section, 1:237-251 (May 2004).

  • Author, “Patent Protection for Structural Genomics–Related Inventions,” The Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics 4 (2-3): 191-209, (2003).

  • Reviewer, Intellectual Property manuscripts for The Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics from the 2nd International Conference on Structural Genomics (Winter 2002).

  • Panelist, Served on the “Intellectual Property Task Force on Structural Genomics” at the International Structural Genomics Organization (ISGO) Conference (Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2002).

  • Author, “Modernization of § 103 Nonobviousness: Protection of Biomedical Research from the Big Chill,” 4 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 143 (2000).

Science-Related

  • Co-author, “Analyses of glycosphingolipids using clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, ceramide glycanase,” Methods Enzymol. 312B, 196-205 (2000).

  • Co-author, “Biosynthesis and Regulation of Glycosphingolipids, Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry” (eds: D.H.R. Barton, K. Nagamishi, O.M., Cohen, Vol. 3 Carbohydrate Pegamon Press 1-22 (1998).

  • Co-author, “Purification, Properties and Immunological Characterization of GalT-3 (UDP-Galactose:GM2 Ganglioside, ß1-3 Galactosyl-Transferase) from Embryonic Chicken Brain,” 12 Glycoconjugates J. 838 (1995).

  • Co-author, “Analysis of Glycosphingolipids by Flurophore Assisted Carbohydrate Electrophoresis (FACE) Using Ceramide Glycanase (CGASE) from Mercenaria mercenaria (Hard Shelled Clam),” 222 Anal. Biochem. 270 (1994).