Biotechnology
Quarles has a long history of patent practice in the area of biotechnology. A prime example of our involvement in seminal patents is our role as patent counsel to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). In 2001, we wrote and obtained the broad-based patents on Dr. James Thomson’s groundbreaking research on primate and human embryonic stem cells. We have continued to work in the area of stem cell differentiation and have a team of attorneys that have developed expertise and a focus in this field. This team has grown to 11, 8 of whom hold doctorates.
Quarles has obtained over 100 issued biotech patents for our research institution clients. Our patent practice experience in the health care industry includes the following technology areas:
- Drugs and therapeutic methods
- Nanotechnology drug delivery platforms
- Injectable dosage forms/formulations
- Biocompatible polymers
- Biomaterials including biopolymers
- Medical implants and devices
- Radiopharmaceutical processing
- Over-the-counter pregnancy tests
- Consumer products dispensing devices
- Biotechnological methods and products such as vector delivery systems and peptide vaccines
- Biofuels and related biomass processes from field to fuel