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Christopher P. Rogers
Attorney
Wisconsin and District of Columbia
COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
EDUCATION
J.D., John Marshall Law School, 1995
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Purdue
University, 1985
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, biotechnology, nanomedicines, biomedical devices,
nutraceuticals, medical 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 and non-profits.
Outside of the life sciences, Chris has patent experience involving
nanotechnology, biofuels, catalysts, chemical synthesis/engineering,
imaging 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.
Chris earned his Juris Doctor degree from John Marshall Law School and
holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Chemical Engineering from
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Chris is admitted to practice law in Wisconsin and the District of
Columbia, and, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Chris has been registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office since 1993.
Christopher Rogers has been practicing law for over 17 years with
national firms in Washington and Wisconsin. Mr. Rogers is also a
registered Patent Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
and member of the Washington State Bar.
At Lee & Hayes, Mr. Rogers was partner and manager of the practice
group for patent attorneys and agents. His extensive patent prosecution
experience focuses in the areas of chemistry and life sciences, including
pharmaceuticals, commercial chemistry, diagnostic compounds and
medical devices.
Mr. Rogers’s background also features industry experiences. He served
in the patent counsel capacity for Abbot Laboratories in Chicago, Illinois,
for GlaxoSmithKline at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, as well
as for Alza Corporation in Palo Alto, California.
Mr. Rogers holds a Juris Doctor degree from the John Marshall Law
School, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University in
Chemical Engineering, where he completed his studies near the top of his
class.