Patent attorney, registered with USPTO and licensed in Massachusetts

MARK NICKAS

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BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, November 2012

Registered to practice before the USPTO, August 2008 (registration no. 62,920)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Pronutria, July 2013 to present Cambridge, MA

Attorney (contractor)

Drafted patent applications related to proteins with high nutritional value

Lando & Anastasi, LLP, June to Aug. 2011 and Sept. 2012 to Aug. 2013 Cambridge, MA

Associate

Drafted patent applications related to biological and small-molecule therapeutics,

diagnostic biological markers, and electrophysiological medical devices

Drafted responses to office actions in pending patent applications

Analyzed competitive patent landscapes in biological therapeutic space to support

opinions on freedom to operate, non-infringement, and claim invalidity

Researched various legal issues and drafted memoranda in support of litigation matters

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, January to April 2011 Cambridge, MA

Legal Intern (unpaid, via BUSL externship program)

Worked with inventors of cell culture chamber to draft invention disclosure in support of

patent application

Evaluated life science patent portfolio and drafted memo that was instrumental in

convincing large pharmaceutical company to obtain license to patent rights

Biogen-Idec, Inc., June to August 2010 Cambridge/Weston, MA

Legal Intern, Intellectual Property Group (contractor)

Reviewed internal documents in pre-discovery stage of patent infringement suit

Reviewed licensing agreements related to patent portfolio to determine whether external

parties were in compliance

Cell Sciences, Inc., 2008-2009 Canton, MA

Technical Support Scientist

Provided customer support on technical issues and communicated issues to suppliers

Sanofi-Aventis, Inc., 2005-2007 Cambridge, MA

Scientist II (contractor)

Developed laboratory methods and research projects for early-stage drug discovery

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Stony Brook University, 2000-2005 Stony Brook, NY

Postdoctoral Associate for Professors Aaron Neiman and Bruce Futcher

Identified proteins and metabolic pathway that regulate spore formation in yeast

Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School, 1997-2000 Boston, MA

Postdoctoral Fellow for Associate Professor Andrius Kazlauskas

Identified structural regions important for activation of receptor tyrosine kinases

Received post-doctoral fellowship from National Eye Institute

Opportunities Industrialization Center West, 1990-1991 Menlo Park, CA

Instructor

Taught math, English, and computer skills to adult students in non-profit vocational

training program

EDUCATION

Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2012 Boston, MA

Concentration in Intellectual Property with honors

Research assistant for Associate Professor Kevin Outterson

Managing Editor, Journal of Science and Technology Law

Second place award, 2012 Epstein Becker Green Health Law Writing Competition

University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. in Biology, 1997 La Jolla, CA

Thesis research on regulation of cell integrity under Associate Professor Michael P. Yaffe

Teaching assistant for four undergraduate courses

Northwestern University, B.A. in Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biol., 1990 Evanston, IL

Oliver Marcy scholarship for highest grade point average in math and science courses

Sparks Medal for highest grade point average in chapter of Chi Phi fraternity

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Boston Patent Law Association

American Bar Association

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

EMBO Conference, Heidelberg, Germany, Sept. 2002

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting, New York, USA, Aug. 2001

PUBLICATIONS

Nickas, M. (2012). Discordant Harmonization: Did the European Court of Justice interpret

the Biotechnology Directive’s exclusions to patentability too broadly in Brüstle v.

Greenpeace? American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, Fall 2012.

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Nickas, M. (2012). A patent prize system to promote development of new antibiotics and

conservation of existing ones. Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy, 12(5).

Mathieson, E.M., Suda, Y., Nickas, M., Snydsman, B., Davis, T.N., Muller, E.G.D., and

Neiman, A.M. (2010). Vesicle docking to the spindle pole body is necessary to recruit the

exocyst during membrane formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular Biology of the

Cell, 21, 3693-3707.

Nickas, M.E., Diamond, A.E., Yang, M., and Neiman, A.M. (2004). Regulation of spindle

pole function by an intermediary metabolite. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 15, 2606-16.

Nickas, M.E., Schwartz, C., and Neiman, A.M. (2003). Ady4p and Spo74p are components

of the meiotic spindle pole body that promote growth of the prospore membrane in

Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Eukaryotic Cell, 2, 431-45.

Nickas, M.E., and Neiman, A.M. (2002). Ady3p links spindle pole body function to spore

wall synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics, 160, 1439-50.

Bajgier, B.K., Malzone, M., Nickas, M., and Neiman, A.M. (2001). SPO21 is required for

meiosis-specific modification of the spindle pole body in yeast. Molecular Biology of the

Cell, 12, 1611-21.

Nickas, M.E., Bernard, A., and Kazlauskas, A. (2001). The requirement of tyrosines 579

and 581 for maximal ligand-dependent activation of the PDGFR is influenced by

noncytoplasmic regions of the receptor. Experimental Cell Research, 265, 80-89.

Nickas, M.E., and Yaffe, M.P. (1996). BRO1, a novel gene that interacts with components

of the Pkc1p-mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, 16, 2585-93.

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