Lawrence S. Perry

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lperry@Venable.com

New York, NY

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Lawrence Perry is a patent prosecutor with far-reaching experience practicing before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Lawrence assists clients in appeals, interferences, reexaminations, reissues, and patent prosecution. He draws on his technical knowledge to handle matters involving cutting-edge biotechnical, chemical, pharmaceutical, plant genetics, magneto-optical, metallurgical, and mechanical technologies. Lawrence also has done extensive opinion work concerning noninfringement, invalidity, and freedom to practice matters in a range of fields, including those covered in his patent litigation practice.

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Representative Matters

Notable Prosecution

Obtained U.S. Patent No. 6,197,819 for gamma amino butyric acid analogs and optical isomers (on behalf of Kohn & Associates for Northwestern University), licensed to Pfizer Inc. and Eisai Pharmaceuticals covering Lyrica, with $5.2B global 2014 sales. Validity and infringement confirmed (Pfizer Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (D. Del. 2012)) and affirmed on appeal (Pfizer Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2014))

Interferences

Interference No. 102,090 involving circuit for driving multi element display devices
Interference No. 102,091 involving method of maintaining display state in liquid crystal devices
Interference No. 102,092 involving ferroelectric liquid crystal optical displays
Interference No. 102,323 involving method of addressing liquid crystal displays
Interference No. 102,393 involving DNA encoding GM-CSF
Interference No. 103,046 involving method of producing misoprostol
Interference No. 103,424 involving bone morphogenic proteins
Interference No. 104,539 involving photocurable cyanoacrylate compositions

Reissues

Application No. 14/329,255 for process for producing amino acid
Application No. 14/517,148 for antibodies to human IL-1β
Application No. R8/520,642 for porphyrins

Reexaminations

Application No. 90/001,306 for LED with epitaxial wafer
Application No. 90/002,675 for optimized double-press sinter powder metallurgy method
Application No. 90/012,707 for methods of improving display uniformity of organic LED by calibrating individual pixel

Appeals (USPTO)

U.S. Application No. 07/474,648 for producing L-threonine and L-glutamic acid using Corynebacterium or Brevibacterium containing E. coli THR operon or phosphoenolpyruvic acid decarboxylase genes
U.S. Application No. 07/846,776 for cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitors
U.S. Application No. 08/579,731 for optically active 2R,4S benzothiepin isomer
U.S. Application No. 10/271,710 for preserving process sensitive ingredients in energy food product
U.S. Application No. 10/940,026 for producing complex carbohydrate using Corynebacterium culture and nucleotide triphosphate
U.S. Application No. 11/815,225 for determining cholesterol in remnant-like particles
U.S. Application No. 12/700,367 for laser handpiece with fiber optic insert and control unit
U.S. Application No. 13/032,127 for producing fermentation product from sugar hydrolysate
U.S. Application No. 13/584,298 for image reading apparatus
U.S. Application No. 14/018,490 for electrophotographic photosensitive member
U.S. Application No. 14/095,955 for electrophotographic photosensitive member

Representative Clients

Amgen
Astellas Pharma
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Gilead
Kyowa Hakko Kirin
Novartis
St. John’s University

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Credentials

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Education

J.D. with honors Illinois Institute of Technology, Kent Law School Chicago 1984
B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Northwestern University 1981

Bar Admissions

New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Court Admissions

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

Professional Memberships and Activities

Member, American and New York Bar Associations, ABA IPL Committee and Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section Committee on Reexamination
Member, American and New York Intellectual Property Lawyers Associations, AIPLA Biotechnology and Interference Committees
Member, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Patent Law Committee
Member, Biotechnology Industry Organization
Member, New York Biotechnology Association

Recognition

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Legal 500, Patent Re-examination, 2008
Who’s Who Legal, Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers, 2011 – 2012, 2016, 2018
Law.com, New York’s Top Rated Lawyers, 2015
Legal Aid Society, Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award, 2011

Community

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Volunteerism

Member, Greenwich Inland Wetlands and Watercourse Agency, 2001 - 2007; chair, 2008 - 2014
Fundraising chair, Greenwich Democratic Town Committee, 1996 - 1997