As Chair of Baker Botts' Life Sciences IP Practice group, Steve advises clients on a wide range of biotechnology-related intellectual property issues. Whether evaluating third party patents ahead of product launches for a multinational biopharma enterprise, developing patent filing strategies around new therapeutic approaches for a leading cancer research institution, or advocating for an industry-transforming sequencing company before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Steve's value-add is providing technically-informed and commercially-relevant legal advice that the scientists, the in-house legal team, and the C-suite can all understand.
Before attending law school, Steve performed his graduate school research on the protein-nucleic acid interactions underlying pre-messenger RNA splicing. Prior to graduate school, he was an assistant process development scientist at a large pharmaceutical company working on the production of recombinant blood clotting factors.
Strategic Patent Counseling and IP Diligence
PTAB Proceedings
Patent Litigation & Amicus Filings