Practices
Patent Portfolio Management Patent Prosecution
Technologies
Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

Ronald V. Lucarelli holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences with a specialization in infectious diseases and immunology. He regularly supports patent prosecution, conducts research and analysis to distinguish clients’ inventions from prior cited art, and provides technical insights to strengthen applications. His work focuses on validity, infringement, and patentability assessments, particularly for biologics and immunotherapy inventions involving immunology and cancer biology.

Dr. Lucarelli’s work is informed by extensive research experience at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine. There, he explored colorectal cancer inflammation pathways, pulmonary cell damage from irritants, and ultimately joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Inflammation. His doctoral research in Dr. Vincent Tam’s lab centered on host responses to post-influenza bacterial superinfections, spanning immunology, lipidomics, genetics, microbiology, and cell biology.

Ron spends his free time playing pickleball and tennis, practicing new music on the piano, reading a good book, and spending time with friends exploring new restaurants around Chicago.

Overview

Ronald V. Lucarelli holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences with a specialization in infectious diseases and immunology. He regularly supports patent prosecution, conducts research and analysis to distinguish clients’ inventions from prior cited art, and provides technical insights to strengthen applications. His work focuses on validity, infringement, and patentability assessments, particularly for biologics and immunotherapy inventions involving immunology and cancer biology.

Dr. Lucarelli’s work is informed by extensive research experience at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine. There, he explored colorectal cancer inflammation pathways, pulmonary cell damage from irritants, and ultimately joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Inflammation. His doctoral research in Dr. Vincent Tam’s lab centered on host responses to post-influenza bacterial superinfections, spanning immunology, lipidomics, genetics, microbiology, and cell biology.

Ron spends his free time playing pickleball and tennis, practicing new music on the piano, reading a good book, and spending time with friends exploring new restaurants around Chicago.

Education
  • Ph.D., Temple University, Biomedical Sciences (Infectious Diseases and Immunity)
  • B.S., Loyola University Chicago, Biology (Molecular Emphasis)
Bar Admissions
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Experience
  • Actively managing prosecution of application families in several territories globally for large organizations, academic institutions, and individual inventor
  • Collaborating on patentability analyses for multiple international pharmaceutical companies
  • Presented on interfering nucleic acids and the current landscape of obtaining patents within the technical space to a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company

Published Articles

Lucarelli R, Gorrochotegui-Escalante N, Taddeo J, Buttaro B, Beld J, Tam V. Eicosanoid-Activated PPARα Inhibits NFκB-Dependent Bacterial Clearance During Post-Influenza Superinfection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Jul 4;12:881462. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.881462. PMID: 35860381; PMCID: PMC9289478.

Tam VC, Suen R, Treuting PM, Armando A, Lucarelli R, Gorrochotegui-Escalante N, Diercks AH, Quehenberger O, Dennis EA, Aderem A, Gold ES. PPARα exacerbates necroptosis, leading to increased mortality in postinfluenza bacterial superinfection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jul 7;117(27):15789-15798. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006343117. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32581129; PMCID: PMC7355019.

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