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 Matthew Latimer is a patent attorney, focusing his practice in the areas of biotechnology, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, and Internet communications.
Dr. Latimer's practice includes:
 U.S. and Foreign Patent Application Preparation
and Prosecution, including International
Applications
Opinions of Counsel Addressing Patentability,
Infringement, Validity, and Enforceability of
U.S. Patents
Preparation, Filing, and Prosecution of
Trademark Applications
Client Counseling in the areas of Licensing, Patenting, and Litigation
Dr. Latimer has been in private law practice since 1997. Prior to that, Dr. Latimer worked as an associate attorney at the Intellectual Property law firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner in their Washington, D.C. and Reston, VA, offices, and as a law clerk at the Intellectual Property law firm of Oliff and Berridge in Northern Virginia. Preceding his career in the private sector, Dr. Latimer was a patent examiner in the biotechnology group at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where he examined patent applications directed to gene expression technology.
Dr. Latimer's scientific background includes work in prokaryotic gene expression and protein biochemistry, as well as human immune system regulation. As a graduate student, Dr. Latimer investigated the molecular organization and structure of genes involved in activation of the carbon and energy source acetate by a methanogenic Archaea. His studies also focused on identifying the biochemical properties of enzymes involved in the activation pathway. As a post-doctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute's Frederick Research Center, Dr. Latimer investigated structure-function relationships in the regulation of activity of the immune response transcription factor NFKB.
Admitted
Admitted to practice in the state
of Virginia
Admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia
Admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
J.D., George Mason University School of Law
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech),
Biochemistry and Anaerobic Microbiology
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Virginia Tech), Biology
Representative Publications
Patenting Inventions Arising From Biological Research, Genome Biology,
Vol. 6, Issue I, Article 203, 2005
Patent Law - An Alternative Career Path For Scientists, ASMGAP, "Focus
onMicrobiology Education", ASM Publications, Winter 2005 - Vol. 11, No.2,
pp.1-3
Coauthor, "The Role of Intellectual Property Education in the United States",
http://www.iip.or.jp/summary/pdf/USIPedu.PDF
Coauthor, "The N-Terminal Domain of IKBA Masks the Nuclear Localization
Signal(s) of p50 and c-Rel Homodimers," Molecular and Cellular
Biology, 1998
Coauthor, "Characterization of an Iron-Sulfur Flavoprotein from
Methanosarcina thermophila," Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1996
Coauthor, "Cloning, Sequence Analysis, and Hyperexpression of the Genes
Encoding Phosphotransacetylase and Acetate Kinase from Methanosarcina
Thermophila," Journal of Bacteriology, Vol.175, No.21, pp.6822-6829, 1993
Professional Associations and Societies
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member,
Biotechnology Committee)
Intellectual Property Section of the Virginia State Bar
Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)
American Society for Microbiology
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