Eric Furman

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About Eric Furman

I specialize in patent protection and other forms of intellectual property protection for biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices.My practice includes strategic patent counseling and procurement, freedom to operate analysis, counseling on infringement and invalidity issues, licensing, and due diligence studies as related to negotiations for mergers and acquisitions. I currently represent clients with technology in the fields of genetically modified plants and organisms, stem cells, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, dietary supplements, diagnostics, cleantech, biomarkers, and cosmetics.Prior to joining the firm, I was a research assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Leroy Hood where I made transgenic mice with aberrant forms of myelin basic protein. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical School, I characterized transcription and splicing complexes, and was a teaching assistant for Donald S. Chisum, author of the preeminent treatise on patent law, while at law school.I joined Knobbe Martens in 1998 and became a partner in 2004.Specialties: Patents:8,110,347:Diagnostic method for detecting cancer.8,101,193:Tuberculosis vaccines comprising antigens. 8,071,561: Immunogen platform7,960,126: Immunoregulation in cancer.7,901,672: Methods of making enhanced, autologous fat grafts7,678,569: Cloned genome of infectious hepatitis C virus.6,907,887: Modifying nicotine & nitrosamine levels in tobacco6,759,056: Mixture for transdermal delivery.6,743,626: Artificial Salivary Gland