Kevin E. Noonan, Ph.D.
Kevin E. Noonan has extensive experience in biotechnology and the chemical arts. Dr. Noonan brings more than 10 years of experience as a molecular biologist working on high-technology problems to his legal work. He has wide experience in all aspects of patent prosecution, interference, litigation, 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.
education
J.D., The John Marshall Law School, Cum Laude
Ph.D., Princeton University, Molecular Biology
Thesis: Genetic analysis of oncogenesis in mammalian cells
National Cancer Institute
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
B.S., State University of New York
bar admissions
Illinois
Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
honors & awards
"Best Lawyers in America" Publication
professional leadership
DePaul University College of Law
- Adjunct Professor, Biotechnology Patent Law
The John Marshall Law School
- Adjunct Professor
publications
Founding author of the Patent Docs weblog, a site focusing on biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law.
"Revisiting the Patent Eligibility of Genes" snippets, Vol. 7, Issue 4, Fall 2009.
"Worldwatch Intellectual Property: Gene Patenting" Financier Worldwide, October 2009.
"Worldwide Pharmaceutical Drug Pricing and Patent Rights: A Recipe for Disaster?" Financier Worldwide, September 2009.
"Gene Patenting after In re Kubin: The Sky is Not Falling" snippets, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Spring 2009.
"Follow-on Biologic Drugs and Patent Law: A Potential Disconnect?" snippets, Vol. 6, Issue 1, May 2008.
"USPTO Patent Prosecution Practice Rule Changes" snippets, Vol. 4, Issue 1, September 2006.
"The Continued Confusion Over Written Description" snippets, Vol. 3, Issue 1, March 2005.
"Tools of the Trade: Scope of the Section 271(e)(1) Research Exemption" snippets, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Fall 2003.