Jason M. Okun

Partner
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Jason Okun is an intellectual property attorney with extensive experience in worldwide patent portfolio management and patent prosecution, including complex prosecution. In addition, Jason works with clients on IP due diligences and provides opinions, including those on validity, clearance, and patentability. Many leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have turned to Jason for assistance in analyzing, developing, and protecting patent portfolios covering products expected to become, or that are already, blockbusters. He has prosecuted more than 1,000 patent applications, and developed and executed strategies that have aided clients in securing more robust patent protection for their most prized and promising products.

Many of those same companies also rely on Jason for advice regarding listing of patents in the Orange Book and for applying for Patent Term Extension (PTE) based upon regulatory review.
Jason derives a great deal of satisfaction from everyday client interactions and from leveraging his technical acumen in fields that include:

  • Biotech arrays
  • Chemicals and chemical processes
  • Diffraction gratings and methods for their production
  • Fuel cells
  • Imaging contrast dyes
  • Liquid crystal display devices
  • Medical devices
  • Optical data recording
  • Optics
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pollution remediation methods and devices
  • Semiconductor materials

Experience

Representative Clients

  • Allergan
  • Astellas
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Canon
  • Combe
  • Novartis
  • Perosphere
  • Reckitt Benckiser
  • Sanofi
  • Warner Chilcott

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Credentials
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Education

  • J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 2000
  • B.S. Chemistry summa cum laude Polytechnic University 1997

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York