Recent legal developments from a nanotechnology perspective

Rose Thiessen; Vladimir Lozan

doi:10.1515/ntrev-2012-0016

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Recent legal developments from a nanotechnology perspective

Rose Thiessen
Rose M. Thiessen, PhD, is a partner in the San Diego office of Knobbe Martens LLP. She specializes in patent prosecution and licensing for chemical, pharmaceutical, and medical device technologies. Dr. Thiessen’s practice includes patent portfolio management and filing strategies in the USA and internationally, client counseling on issues relating to licensing, infringement, and trade secrets, and intellectual property due to diligence studies relating to acquisition of patents and other intellectual property. Dr. Thiessen currently represents clients in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmetics industries as well as the medical device field, with an emphasis on both in vivo and ex vivo glucose monitoring technologies. She also represents clients in a wide range of technologies including desalination, petroleum refining and petrochemical processing, nanoparticle fabrication, semipermeable membrane technology, and semiconductor manufacturing. Prior to joining Knobbe Martens LLP, Dr. Thiessen worked as a chemist at Exxon Research and Engineering Company in New Jersey, where she held positions as a chemist in fuels technology and as an information scientist specializing in chemical patent information.
and Vladimir Lozan
Vladimir Lozan is an associate in the Orange County office of Knobbe Martens LLP. He specializes in intellectual property law, with an emphasis on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications. Mr. Lozan worked as a design engineer for Chevron Products Co. Mr. Lozan’s other professional experiences through various internships include accounting, information technology, and stock market analysis. During law school, Mr. Lozan was a summer institute teaching assistant for CASRIP, the UW Center for the Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property. He completed a clerkship with the UW Division of the Attorney General of Washington. He also served as an articles editor for Washington Law Review and treasurer for Technology Law Society.