Garrett H. Anderson

Attorney at Law

Patent Prosecution and Strategic Counseling

PRACTICE

AREAS

PATENT PROSECUTION

Idea to issuance: patent drafting to identify the protectable value in the idea, US and international filing strategies to maximize market protection, examiner interview angles and advice at issuance

STRATEGIC IP COUNSELING

Know your enemy: identifying third party challenges - and proposing strategies to address these challenges, using technical modifications, acquisition, or invalidation

VENTURE COUNSELING

Look your best: building an IP strategy to protect your ideas while overcoming competitor IP, and then presenting it in a way that Venture Partners want to hear - and may be more likely to invest in

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MISSION STATEMENT

Protecting the Ideas at the

Foundation of Your Success

Ideas

They are what start-ups are built on
They are what investment decisions hinge on
They are what put you ahead of the competition

To protect your ideas, you need counsel that understands your ideas - how important they are to your company and to the world, why investors may trust you with millions to pursue them, and how competitors may try to steal them.

I have been working with ideas for over 20 years - ten years at the molecular biology bench and almost as long as an intellectual property attorney.

I have represented the full range of innovators - from start-ups to cutting edge research institutes to billion dollar market leaders. I have worked with the venture capitalists that help to bring these ideas to the market and to people’s lives.

I know what matters in a portfolio (and what doesn't) to create value, to ward off the competition, and to catch the investor's eye.

From Stanford Law to two of the best IP firms in Knobbe Martens and in Wilson Sonsini, I have been immersed in environments where complex legal challenges are daily occurrences, and where the highest standards are expected and met.

I use this experience to help clients build their intellectual property portfolios to maximize impact, value, and efficiency.

Trust me with your ideas.

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Biography

Garrett H. Anderson

Degrees and Bench Experience

JD, Stanford Law
NIH Post-doc, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
PhD, Molecular Biology, Cornell
AB, Biology, Princeton, cum laude

Admissions

California Bar
United States Patent Bar

Law Firm Experience

Wilson Sonsini, 2014-2019
Knobbe Martens, 2011-2014

Technical Expertise

Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Plant Biology: nucleic acid sequencing and library preparation, sequence assembly software, emulsions, genetic modification, plant transgenic technology, antibody chemistry, CRISPR, protein engineering, biofuels, stem cell therapies, bioinformatics

Legal Experience

Invention capture, patent drafting and prosecution, international prosecution strategy, patent term extension, examiner interactions, patentable subject matter ('101') strategies for life sciences, patent landscape / freedom to operate analysis, noninfringement and invalidity patent analyses, company side and investor side IP diligence

Languages

English (native)
Mandarin Chinese (conversant / literate)

Partial List of Former Clients

BioLumic
Bionano
DiscernDx
Dovetail
Dropworks
Element Bioscience
Epinomics
iGenomX
Ignyta
Illumina
Jumpcode
Mammoth Bioscience
Mission Bio
Molecular Stethoscope
Omniome
Oxford Nanopore
Salk Institute
Silverback Therapeutics
Verenium
UCSD

ATTORNEYS

CONTACT

Garrett H. Anderson

ADDRESS

Email: garrett at ghanderson-iplaw.com
Tel: 858 366-2983

On-site meetings by appointment

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