Christopher P. Rogers
Patent Attorney - Partner - Spokane John Marshall Law School
J.D.
Purdue University
B.S., Chemical Engineering
Admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, in the states of Illinois and Wisconsin, and before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office since 1993
Chris is a partner in the firm and chair of the chemical and life sciences practice group at Lee & Hayes. Chris has 20 years of patent experience. Most of his patent experience has been in the role of in-house counsel in big pharma (GSK, Abbott Labs and ALZA/J&J) having responsibility for worldwide patent portfolios covering commercially successful drugs and medical devices. Representative responsibilities included patent procurement and ANDA litigation as well as regulatory issues such as Orange Book listings and exclusivity extensions. Illustrative technologies have included pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, nanomedicines, biomedical devices, neutraceuticals, medical devices, biomedical devices, drug delivery devices, diagnostics, imaging and contrasting agents, and research tools. In private practice, Chris provides patent preparation and prosecution for chemical and life science companies of all sizes as well as universities.
Outside of the life sciences, Chris has patent experience involving nanotechnology, biofuels, catalysts, chemical synthesis/engineering, reagents, polymers, polymer additives, material science, microfluidics, water treatment, semiconductor fabrication, fuel cells, battery and capacitor technologies, and related/applied technologies.
Chris has considerable patent procurement and post-grant experience with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the European Patent Office and the various foreign national patent offices. Chris is also a former USPTO Patent Examiner in the polymer and chemical arts.
PUBLICATIONS:
"The top 10 misconceptions of life-science patents," Wisconsin Technology Network,
July 22, 2006.
Christopher P.Rogers509.944.4785
chrisr@leehayes.com