Study Group: Medical Device Patent Experts: Lawyers (US)(?)

Stephen A. Bent is Partner and co-leader of the Life Sciences Industry Team at Foley & Lardner in Washington, DC. He is also a member of the Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice Group and the Health Care and Nanotechnology Industry Teams. Mr. Bent specializes on the legal issues associated with biotechnology...

Patrick Joseph Igoe is a consultant and registered patent attorney in New York. His focus is patent issues throughout Life Sciences - for example, diagnostic/therapeutic assays; medical devices/imaging technologies; Rx antibiotics, biologics, drugs, and vaccines; and OTC medicines. His expertise includes...

Thomas Saunders is a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw in Boston, Massachusetts, where he specializes in representing emerging medical technology, biotechnology/genetic engineering and pharmaceutical concerns, particularly as to patent prosecution, patent strategy, IP licensing matters and ANDA Paragraph IV...

Marc Scheineson is a Partner with Alston & Bird where he heads the firm's Food and Drug Law Practice. He has practiced food and drug law, health care law and administrative law for over 20 years in national law firms and at the FDA. His practice focuses on determining the regulatory course of least...

Ted Frank is Resident Fellow and Director of the American Enterprise Institute Legal Center for the Public Interest in Washington, DC. Mr. Frank manages the Institute's research in and studies liability reform. His research areas include products liability (including pharmaceuticals and asbestos), class...

John W. Ryan is a Partner at Crowell & Moring in Washington, DC, where he focuses on the chemical, biotechnology, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. As the former Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel for IGEN International, he has managed various patent portfolios. Previously, Mr. Ryan...