I am a California  attorney who has been a United States Patent Office registered patent attorney for over 15 years.  I have an undergraduate degree in chemistry and I'm registered as a clinical chemist with the American Society of Clinical Chemistry.

In addition I have almost 30 years of  experience in various laboratory environments.  I've worked in university research laboratories, hospital clinical labs, a pharmaceutical R&D startup, an Orange County boutique IP law firm, a Fortune 50 pharmaceutical company and a developing drug delivery company.

I've designed, built and written data collection software for various laboratory testing equipment.

I would love to learn about your technology and want to work with you to protect all of the value that your insight and hard work have created.
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