Chester G. Moore, Ph.D.

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3 Sanctuary Boulevard
St 201
Mandeville, Louisiana 70471
T: 985.819.8420
F: 985.819.6707

C.G. Moore is a registered patent attorney in the Firm's Mandeville office. Dr. Moore concentrates his practice on intellectual property matters relating to biotechnology, chemistry, and pharmaceuticals, with particular focus on molecular and cellular biology, small molecule chemistry, neurobiology, drug delivery and medical devices.

In addition to the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, Dr. Moore also has experience with reexamination proceedings, appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, managing patent portfolios, drafting patent licenses and freedom-to-operate opinions, performing due diligence in connection with public financings and acquisitions and litigation involving patents and trademarks.

Dr. Moore gained significant research experience in the life sciences through his work as a research assistant at the Oregon Health Sciences University and later at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He also acquired first-hand experience with the biotechnology industry while working with the New England Organ Bank and the Transplant Resource Center of Maryland.

As a Ph.D. candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Moore's thesis research focused on the regulation of glutamate receptors and their interaction with Homer proteins, demonstrating a role for coordinated phosphorylation and isomerization.

During law school, Dr. Moore was an intern and patent agent with the Tulane University Office of Technology Transfer and Business Development, where he prepared patent applications, participated in patent licensing transactions and developed marketing strategies.

Representative Technologies

  • Biotechnology / Chemical / Pharmaceutical — small molecule and protein pharmaceutical compounds; DNA regulatory elements; liposomes; antisense DNA vaccines; plasmid expression vectors; insecticides; synthetic polymers
  • Medical — suture anchor assemblies; vascular stents; remote endarterectomy devices; stent placement and manipulation devices; medication therapy management and quality assurance methods

Selected Pending Patent Applications

  • Tuned Synthetic Dendrimer Calibrants for Mass Spectrometry (International Pub. No. WO/2010/091109)
  • Stimulus-Responsive Apta-Chelamers (Int’l Pub. No. WO/2010/006238)
  • Thermoresponsive Microparticle Composite Hydrogels for Electrophoresis (U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2009/0127116)
  • System for Pulling Out Regulatory Elements In vitro (U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2008/0248958)
  • System for Pulling Out Regulatory Elements using Yeast (U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2008/0248467)
  • Polyplex Gene Delivery Vectors (not yet published) 
  • OMV Vaccine Against Burkholderia Infections (not yet published)
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Related Therapies (not yet published)
  • Fungicidal Compositions and Methods of Use (not yet published)
  • Organogenic Transformation of Immature Soybean Embryonic Tips (not yet published)

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist – "Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Career Panel," Johns Hopkins University, Professional Development Office Seminar (October 2008)
  • Author – "Generic Biologic Drugs: What's in a Name?" 5 The SciTech Lawyer 16 (Fall 2008)
  • Author – "Federal Circuit: No § 271(e)(1) Safe Harbor for Patented Inventions Not Regulated by FDA," 6 Health Lawyers Weekly 3 (August 22, 2008)
  • Author – "Killing the Bayh-Dole Act's Golden Goose," 8 Tul. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 151 (2006)
  • Author – "Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law," 52 LA. B.J. 294 (2004)

Professional Honors & Activities

  • Member – American Bar Association, Member of Science & Technology Law, and Intellectual Property Sections
  • Member – Louisiana State Bar Association, Member of Intellectual Property Section
  • Member – American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member of Biotechnology, Patent Law, and Emerging Technologies Committees
  • Member – Licensing Executives Society, Member of Nanotechnology, and Diagnostics, Genomics & Research Tools Committees 

Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Reg. No. 53,345
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Louisiana
  • Louisiana, 2006

Education

  • Tulane University, J.D., 2006
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ph.D. (Neuroscience), 2004. Thesis: Regulation of Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Function and Homer Interaction by Phosphorylation of the Homer Ligand
  • Portland State University, B.S. (Biology), 1995
  • Reed College, B.A. (Chemistry), 1990. Thesis: Building a better backbonder: ligation of Mo0 by methylpyrazine using molybdenum hexacarbonyl and methylpyrazinium triflate