Lawyer Bio : Mark David Jenkins

Mark David Jenkins

Research Triangle Park

Mark Jenkins is a registered patent attorney practicing in the chemical and biotechnological arts. His practice principally is directed to the preparation and prosecution of U.S. patent applications in these areas, and in conducting the analysis required for patent due diligence reviews and opinions. Mark also has experience as a product development chemist for a global absorbent-product design company, and has served as an analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical division of a major healthcare corporation.

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Bar Associations: Tennessee Bar.

Admitted to the bar, 2005, Tennessee; 2008, District of Columbia; 2009, North Carolina.

Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2006.

Education

B.S., Chemistry, summa cum laude, 1998, University of Tennessee; MS, Chemistry, 2000, Vanderbilt University; J.D., cum laude, 2005, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire.

Prior Legal Experience

Associate Attorney, 2005-2007, Summer Associate, 2004, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Memphis, Tennessee, 2005-2007.

Prior Business Experience

Analytical Chemist, Baxter Healthcare, Memphis, Tennessee, 2001-2002; Product Development Chemist, Buckeye Technologies Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, 2000-2001.

Publications

Co-Author, "The Knorr-Bremse Decision: A New Frontier in the Evolution of Willful Infringement," May 2005, (Runner Up Boston Patent Law Association Writing Competition);

"Bayer AG v. Housey Pharmaceuticals: An Important Decision for Drug Development," Germeshausen Center Newsletter, Spring 2004;

Co-Author, "Stent Wars: The Intellectual Property Battle Continues," Germeshausen Center Newsletter, Octob er 2 003;

Co-Author, "Structural Refinement of the 8,9-Dihydro-8-(N7-guanyl)-9-hydroxy-aflatoxin B1 Adduct in a 5'-CpAFBG-3' Sequence" (2002) Chem. Res. Toxicol. 15, 638-647.

Presentations

Speaker, "Prospects for a United States Approval Pathway for Biosimilar Biologics," American Society of Health System Pharmacists mid year clinical meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2007;

Speaker, "Intellectual Property in Business Transactions," Mississippi Bar Association IP Section CLE, Jackson, Mississippi, June 2006;

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  • Intellectual Property
  • Patent

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