Bill T. Storey, Ph.D.
Intellectual Property Attorney, USPTO Registered
Cell: 401-***-**** / Email: ***********@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
ANGIODYNAMICS, INC. (NY) 2008-Present
Intellectual Property Attorney
. Responsible for all Aspects of Patent Drafting and Prosecution Service
for the Strategic Business Unit Oncology / Surgery
o US / Provisionals, Nonprovisionals / Utility & Design / PCT
o Manage internal and external patent portfolios
o Respond to office actions and communicate with patent examiners
o Direct IP filings regarding high technology and hybrid
technologies
. Manage Global Company IP Teams to Improve IP operational/Strategic IP
issues
o Direct the prosecution of foreign counterparts
o Work with outside counsels and technology transfer offices to
enhance company IP positions
. Provide Business-Strategic Protection of IP Pipeline projects
o Monitor competitor products / patents / positions
o Infringement issues / Validity issues
o Perform clearances (freedom-to-operate)
o Due Diligence
. Disclosures
. Prior Art Searches
. Rendering opinions on patentability
. Performing patent due diligence studies for licensing
opportunities
. Reviewing the IP provisions of agreements
. Licensing, Milestones, Royalties, Tech Transfer
. Communicate Effectively to Supervise and Train
o Counsel colleagues from R&D to marketing
o Guide patent review committees / Teach inventors / Scientists
o Engage in strategic as well as tactical discussions to meet
scientific and business goals
o Work with internal attorneys, agents, and Senior VPs on
diligence activities in support of in- or out-licensing
opportunities
TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS INSTITUTE (TGen) (AZ) 2008
. Externship
o Patent Applications
o Due Diligence
o Contracts
o CDAs / MTAs
ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISES (AzTE) (AZ) 2007
. Assistant to the Director of Intellectual Assets of Health Science
Ventures
o Technology Evaluation Meetings
o Prior Art Searches
o IP clustering
TECHNOLOGY VENTURES CLINIC (AZ) 2007
. Technical Specialist / Advisor
o IP clustering
o Valuations
o Licensing
o Negotiation
MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT (AZ) 2006
. Externship, Judge Ruth Hilliard
o Memos, research, contracts
SAMPLE IP TOPICS (FILINGS / DUE DILIGENCE / DISCLOSURES)
o Stem cell-mediated regeneration of organs / tissues
o Small Molecule interactions with tissue / vessels
o Endothelial cell precursor delivery to enhance vessel functionality
o Placing agents into cells using reversible electroporation
o Vaccines / Immunization with synthetic proteins / Predicting
responses
o Effects of zero gravity on bacteria & biofilm production
o Medical uses of pharmacologic / vasoreactive agents - biologics -
cells, DNA, RNA, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, enzymes,
proteases, steroids
o Synthesizing highly immunogenic segments of a virus to produce more
effective host memory
o Creating immune profiles of individuals
o Laser treatment of microorganisms
o Production and isolation of pathogen-specific antibodies using a
recombinant library
o Anti-microbial agent removal from clay soil
o Targeting specific cells / tissues with irreversible
electroporation, radiofrequency ablation energy, long DC pulses, &
lasers
o Preventing smooth muscle cell growth following internal vessel
damage
o Devices that can store and deliver cells (stem cells, VECs, etc) &
reagents following surgical procedures
o Chemical coatings / antimicrobial coatings
o Chemical electrode sensing / desensitization / hydration levels
o Monitoring of chemicals
o Implantable medical devices (such as for alternative glucose
testing method)
o Sensing of pharmaceuticals and biomolecules
o Biochips that can be used to detect cancer through cellular
structural analysis
o Electric & pheromone organism trapping
o Production of aggressive strains of pathogenic agents for medical
testing
o Nanowires and nanoparticles for specialized application of
medicines
o Preservation of food / preserving/growing proteins for analysis /
medical uses
o Transplantation of organs / tissue with reduced immunogenicity
o Seeding of transplanted allogeneic organs / tissue with isogeneic
materials
o Xenotypic scaffolds seeded with human cells for use in vivo in
humans
o Tissue electroporation prior to transplantation
TECHNICAL WRITING SAMPLES (Patent Applications / Journal Articles)
. Irreversible Electroporation and Tissue Regeneration, App. No.
12/703,355, Pub. No. US20100204638
. Storey BT, et. al. Adenoviral modulation of the tumor-associated
system L amino acid transporter, LAT1, alters amino acid transport,
cell growth and 4F2/CD98 expression with cell-type specific effects in
cultured hepatic cells. International Journal Cancer, 117(3):387-397,
2005.
. Storey BT, Christian JF. Characterization of Lewis lung Clonal
Variants in a Model of Syngeneic Pulmonary Murine Metastases.
Clinical & Experimental Metastases, 21:265-273, 2004.
EDUCATION
. J.D., Arizona State University College of Law
2008
o Law Science & Technology Certificates:
. Intellectual Property / Biotechnology & Genomics
o Patent Litigation, Biotechnology Licensing & Litigation, Law
Science and Technology, Patent Law, Intellectual Property,
Patent Preparation & Prosecution, Genetic & the Law, High
Technology Licensing
. Post Doctorate, Brown University
2002-2005
o Biotechnology
. Small molecule paths to treat cancer (Amino acid blockade)
. Tumor-associated, amino acid transport & cell growth
. Cancer biology / Adenoviral Sense / Antisense Constructs
. Ph.D., Physiology, East Carolina University 2002
o Biochemistry, Physiology, Immunology, Transplantation, Oncology
. Cardiac transplants using pharmacological therapy:
. Sirolimus (Rapamycin)
. Anti-lymphocyte serum
. Donor bone marrow
. Immunohistochemical analysis of rejected tissue
. Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting
. Cellular homing to angiogenic sites
. Adenocarcioma cells
. Vascular endothelial cells
. Genetically modified cells
. Transgenics
. B.S., Biology, State University of New York at Syracuse
1995
o Immunobiology, Cell Physiology, Inorganic Chemistry (1yr),
Organic Chemistry (1yr), Health & Chemical Environment,
Genetics, Physics (1yr), Calculus (1yr)