David S. Harper, Ph.D.
David S. Harper is a partner in the law firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff. His practice comprises all phases of U.S. and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, litigation, client counseling, agreement work, due diligence, and opinion work in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, cell biology, immunology, molecular biology, medical devices and diagnostics, with a particular focus on start-up and early phase companies and the companies that finance them, and university clients.
education
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, With High Honors, Order of the Coif
Postdoctoral research, Duke University, RNA-binding proteins and the abnormal proliferation of smooth muscle cells
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Molecular Biology
Postdoctoral Research: RNA-binding proteins; abnormal proliferation of smooth muscle cells
B.S., Northern Illinois University, Biology
bar admissions
Illinois
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
honors & awards
Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star
publications
"The Doctrine of Equivalents: What's Left After Festo, Johnston & Johnson, and Sage Products?" 15 Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal 5, October 2003