SANDER RABIN, MD JD
Jacksonville, FL 32257-5703
Voice 518-***-****
Fax 518-***-****
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PROFESSIONAL & EDUCATIONAL CHRONOLOGY
Self-employed Patent Attorney:
Present-2004
Private patent law practice with global representation of clients having
over 700 in-force patents and pending patent applications.
Representative activities included:
Analyzing and mapping client's patent portfolio, and implementing
strategies for the maintenance, prosecution, and marketing of patents and
patent applications worldwide;
Supervising the work of 60 foreign correspondent law firms representing
client's intellectual property interests in Australia, Brazil, Canada,
China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, and Taiwan;
Drafting and prosecuting patents in United States and foreign patent
offices;
Complying with multiple patent due diligence investigations related to
venture capital financing deals involving client;
Preparing patentability, infringement, and validity opinions;
Area of technical expertise included a vast family of potent tissue
regeneration pharmacologic agents.
Adjunct Professor of Law: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Lally of School of Management
Troy, New York
Fall 2008
Taught Seminar on Intellectual Property, Business Law and Business Ethics.
Patent Counsel:
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP
Albany, New York
2005-2004
Patent Counsel to Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP.
Representative activities included:
Analyzing intellectual property portfolios and implementing strategies for
protection;
Drafting and prosecuting patent applications in U.S. and foreign patent
offices;
Conducting due diligence investigations related to mergers, acquisitions
and investment ventures;
Preparing patentability, infringement, and validity opinions;
Undertaking licensing initiatives and negotiations; and,
Performing pre-suit patent litigation investigations and assisting in
various aspects of pending litigation including document review, deposition
witness preparation, and expert reports.
Areas of technical expertise included biomedical devices, pharmacology,
biotechnology, ophthalmology, neurology, cardiology, anesthesiology,
immunology, solar energy, and computer algorithms.
Associate Patent Attorney:
Schmeiser Olsen & Watts, LLC
Albany, New York
2004-2001
Representative activities included:
Drafting and prosecuting patent applications in U.S. and foreign patent
offices;
Representation of clients in federal antitrust, patent and trade secret
litigation.
Adjunct Professor of Law:
Albany Law School
Albany, New York
2001-2000
Taught Seminar on Genetics and Law
Taught Seminar on Managed Care Law and Litigation.
Sabbatical:
Following eye injury, requiring withdrawal from practice of clinical and
surgical ophthalmology.
2000-1996
Ophthalmologist:
Community Health Plan
Poughkeepsie, New York
Kaiser Permanente Northeast Division 1996-1989
Physician-Manager of Eye Care Services
Responsible for medical and surgical ophthalmic care of all member patients
of staff model health maintenance organization.
Responsible for management and administration of full-service eye care
department including supervision of two optometrists, two ophthalmic
technicians, one ophthalmologist and several opticians.
Surgical, emergency and clinic care provided at Vassar Brothers Hospital
and Kingston General Hospital.
Ophthalmic Resident:
Postgraduate Residency in Ophthalmology
The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
New York, New York
1989-1986
Ophthalmic Fellow:
Postgraduate Fellowship in Ophthalmology:
The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
New York, New York
1986-1985
Medical Intern:
Postgraduate Internship in Internal Medicine:
The New York Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
1985-1984
Medical Student:
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
1984-1980
Associate Litigation Attorney:
Solin & Breindel
New York, New York
1980
Responsible for conduct of federal corporate and commercial litigation.
Associate Litigation Attorney:
Lefrak Fischer Myerson & Mandel
New York, New York
1979-1976
Responsible for conduct of federal corporate and commercial litigation
Associate Litigation Attorney:
Pollack & Kaminsky,
New York, New York
1976-1974
Responsible for conduct of federal corporate and commercial litigation.
Law Student:
Columbia Law School
New York, New York
1974-1971
Nuclear Engineer:
General Electric Corporation's Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Schenectady,
New York
1971-1968
Graduate Student:
M.S. Nuclear Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New York, New York
1971-1968
Undergraduate Student:
B.S. Nuclear Engineering (Magna Cum Laude)
School of Engineering and Science New York University
New York, New York
1968-1964
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Medical License No. 163496:
New York State
1985
Legal License No. 1117225
New York State
1975
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, New York State Bar Association
Fellow, Alden March Bioethics Institute of the Albany Medical Center
Member, Advisory Board - Center for Advanced Technology in
Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics at Albany Nanotech
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
. The Human Use of Humanoid Beings: Chimeras and Patent Law, NATURE
Biotechnology, Vol. 24 No. 5 (May 2006).
. Patents: The Gatekeepers of hES Cell Products,
NATURE Biotechnology, Vol. 23 No. 7 (July 2005).
. Medical Intervention in a Nuclear Accident,
Hospital Practice (November 15, 1986).
Textbook Chapter
. Medical Malpractice for the Cataract Surgeon, appearing as a chapter
in Weinstock, F.J., MD, Editor, Management and Care of the Cataract
Patient, Blackwell Scientific Publications (1991).
Books
Managed Care Law and Litigation, Aspen Law and Business (2001).
The Eye Care Professional's Guide to the Information Age, Slack,
Incorporated (1996)
Medical Malpractice: Handling Ophthalmology Cases, Shepard's
McGraw-Hill, Inc. (1991).