Kevin Noonan, Ph.D., Partner, McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Kevin E. Noonan, Ph.D. is a partner at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP in Chicago and co-Chair of its Biotechnology and Pharma Practice Group.  Dr. Noonan is experienced in all aspects of patenting and in biotechnology and chemistry, representing pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as universities.

He is a founder of the biotechnology and pharma patent law and news weblog, Patent Docs (www.patentdocs.org).  In addition to his blog, Dr. Noonan writes and lectures extensively on biotechnology patent law.

Kevin earned a BS from the State University of New York, a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Princeton University, and a JD, cum laude, from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

Moderator: Raymond Van Dyke, Van Dyke Intellectual Property Law

Raymond Van Dyke is an IP/Patent Attorney and Educator. In his practice he helps a variety of clients in their IP matters. He specializes in patent and trademark matters in various technologies, litigation, licensing, and procurement. After being a partner in big firms, he started his own IP consultancy in Washington, DC, with diverse domestic and international clientele and technologies, handling matters at the USPTO, Federal Circuit and local State and Federal courts, and assists in foreign proceedings. He teaches intellectual property law at George Washington University, and teaches IP courses for engineers, businesspeople and other professionals at the University of Maryland and George Mason University, also teaching about the history and philosophy of IP, history of technology, famous inventors and deals, etc.  He has taught at Southern Methodist University, American University, and across the world.  Ray also teaches at NIH and other institutions. He is the Senior Vice President of Special Events at LES and Chair of the LES DC Chapter; a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABA); an AIPLA Fellow and former Chair of a number of Committees; Chair of the Montgomery County Bar Association IP Section, former Board Member of the DC Chapter of the ACM, former Board Member of ITechLaw (Computer Law Association); and continues his involvement in the MSBA, AIPPI, ABA, BIO, IEEE and other legal and technical organizations. Ray got his BS, MS in Computer Science and law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is licensed to practice in DC, MD, NY, NJ and TX, as well as the USPTO, and is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, Federal, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Circuit Courts and a number of District Courts, Court of International Trade and Federal Court of Claims.  Ray also continues in his efforts to fight on behalf of the small inventor community in protecting the principles of the patent system.