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Mark Jenkins, Raleigh Attorney
OVERVIEW

Mark Jenkins

Partner

Raleigh

4208 Six Forks Road
Suite 1010
Raleigh, NC 27609-5738

Washington, D.C.

555 12th Street N.W.
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20004-1275

P 919-536-6213

F 919-536-6201

Patent counsellor Mark Jenkins provides legal counsel on the intellectual property initiatives of his clients. He advises on international patent portfolios and applications, as well as coordinates the legal strategies for companies requiring assistance with both opinions and due diligence associated with the financing, sale and acquisition of intellectual property assets.

OVERVIEW

Patent counsellor Mark Jenkins provides legal counsel on the intellectual property initiatives of his clients. He advises on international patent portfolios and applications, as well as coordinates the legal strategies for companies requiring assistance with both opinions and due diligence associated with the financing, sale and acquisition of intellectual property assets.

Mark brings significant industry experience to assisting chemical and biotechnology clients with patent prosecution, due diligence reviews, freedom-to-operate analyses, validity analyses and post-grant proceedings in the U.S. and abroad. 

He represents a variety of individual and business clients in the pharmaceutical, crop science, petroleum additive, polymer and personal care industries. Notably, Mark has developed particular skill in working with tissue-banking and biotechnology companies in the emerging area of regenerative medicine, where he is regularly called upon to develop and manage patent portfolios as well as conduct related due diligence.

Mark takes pride in his responsiveness to clients and in his dedication to understanding their organizational objectives and market imperatives. He strives to stay ahead of technological developments and changes in the law in order to deliver multi-dimensional solutions in anticipation of change.

Prior to the law, Mark served as a product development chemist for a global absorbent product design company and analytical chemist for a major healthcare corporation. This hands-on experience gave Mark much-needed perspective when it comes to product development and the protection of innovation as a business process.

Honors

Intellectual Asset Management, IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners, 2022-2024

Intellectual Asset Management, IAM-300: The World's Leading IP Strategists, 2023

Professional and Community Involvement

Board of Advisors, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce 2021-2024

Member, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce First Responders Planning Committee, 2022

Chair, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce First Responders Planning Committee, 2023

Member, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Task Force, Wake County Economic Development, 2023-2024

Experience
  • Successfully managed simultaneous inter partes review and European opposition proceedings for a specialty polymer manufacturer
  • Prepared and prosecuted numerous patent applications in the field of regenerative medicine for both startup and large companies. 
EXPERIENCE
Presentations
  • “Interacting with the USPTO” – Barnes & Thornburg's Life Science Lunch & Learn Series – 2023 
  • “Frontiers in Regenerative Medicine: An Intellectual Property Perspective” – University of Hampshire Health Law & Policy Institute – March 2019
  • “The Realm of Chemicals:  Nanotechnology and Key Cases for 2017” – Webinar – 2017
Publications
Federal Circuit Says “Teaching Away” Must Cover Entire Claim Scope – Client Alert/Blog Post - 2017
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