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Margaret Churchill, Ph.D.
Intellectual Property, Entertainment and Business Litigation
Dr. Margaret Churchill is a registered patent attorney with more than a decade of experience in the preparation and prosecution of United States and international patent applications. Prior to obtaining her law degree, Dr. Churchill was a laboratory scientist for the New Mexico State Health Lab and a postdoctoral research fellow at the City of Hope National Medical Center, specializing in molecular virology and diagnostics.
Dr. Churchill has experience handling inventions in a variety of emerging technologies. Her areas of expertise include: Chemistry (e.g., organic synthesis and characterization of polymers, small molecules, and combinatorial libraries), Pharmaceutics (e.g., drug screening and detection, formulations for improved drug delivery and stability), Biotechnology (e.g., nucleic acid synthesis, detection and sequencing; recombinant proteins and peptides), Material Science (e.g., polymers, ceramics, adhesives, fluorescent and luminescent dyes) and Nanotechnology (e.g., nanotube synthesis, nanoparticle assembly, nanolithography and fuel cell technology).
In addition to assisting clients in acquiring and protecting their intellectual property rights, Dr. Churchill provides counseling and opinions concerning patentability, patent validity, infringement, freedom to operate and due diligence matters.
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