Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 13, 2003

Kevin Noonan – Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Bergoff

DR. KEVIN E. NOONAN, a Partner with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Bergoff has extensive experience in biotechnology and the chemical arts. A registered patent agent since 1991, Dr. Noonan brings over 10 years' experience as a molecular biologist working on high-technology problems to his legal work. Dr. Noonan has wide experience in all aspects of patent prosecution and client counseling on validity, infringement and patenting strategy matters. He represents pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies both large and small, and he is particularly experienced in representing university clients in both patent prosecution and licensing to outside investors. Dr. Noonan received a PhD in Molecular Biology from Princeton University, where his thesis work involved genetic analysis of oncogenesis in mammalian cells. Dr. Noonan was also a postdoctoral fellow supported by the National Cancer Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he studied multidrug resistance in mammalian tumor cells. During his fellowship Dr. Noonan developed a variety of novel methods based on the polymerase chain reaction, including quantitative analysis of mammalian gene expression. Dr. Noonan is the author of several articles and has lectured extensively on his scientific work. Dr. Noonan graduated cum laude from the John Marshall Law School. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Massachusetts and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at the De Paul University Law School, where he teaches biotechnology patent law. Profile
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Dr. Noonan: McDonnel Boehnan Hulbert & Berghoff is a patent law

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