Karen Mangasarian

New York

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Partner

Ropes & Gray

Current

Current

Karen's graduate training concerned the regulation of c-myc expression in HL-60 cells by vitamin D.As a post-doctoral fellow, she characterized the transmembrane domains of FGFR-2 and FGFR-3. Karen has extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology areas.She has trained and supervised associates and patent agents in patent drafting, prosecution, and managing world-wide prosecution dockets. Karen also has experience in European patent practice and has participated in Opposition proceedings in the European Patent Office.Karen also has experience in conducting freedom to operate and patentability analyses for biotech/pharmaceutical clients. Karen counsels clients in all aspects of patent portfolio management, including strategic planning and licensing.Her clients include those in the fields of small molecule chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, pharmaceuticals, genomics and combinatorial chemistry. Karen has experience in all aspects of interference practice.She has participated in designing strategy, drafted motions, prepared expert declarations, assisted in the taking and defending of depositions and drafted appeal briefs. Karen has also gained extensive experience in pharmaceutical litigations. She has participated in discovery matters including drafting and arguing discovery motions, depositions and preparing expert reports, has participated in litigation strategy sessions on fact finding and expert witness preparation and has prepared summary judgment briefs.

New York Law School

J.D.

2000

magna cum laude

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ph.D.

1992

Pharmacology

University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.S.

1984

Biochemistry