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CHARLES
D. NIEBYLSKI, Ph.D. is a
Senior Associate Attorney in the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology
Department of
The Nath Law Group.
His
practice includes patent procurement, opinions on validity, infringement,
and freedom to operate, and strategic client counseling.
His expertise encompasses developing strategies for extending patent
portfolio protection, conducting due diligence and patent landscape analysis
for merger and acquisition activities, and advising on I.P. issues related
to product development, importation, FDA regulation, and commercialization
activities.
Prior
to law school, Dr. Niebylski managed his own successful research program as
a Fellow at The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland studying
biophysical and biochemical mechanisms of transmembrane neuronal signaling
and the ability of small molecules (e.g. ethanol, polyunsaturated lipids,
drugs) to influence biological structure and activity of receptors, membrane
domains, sensory pathways, and their clinical implications.
The NIH Board of Scientific Counselors recognized the importance of
his work, rewarding his program with additional funding and support.
His contributions to science include numerous research articles,
international presentations, and collaborations in the fields of biophysics,
neuroscience, cell biology, immunology, cancer biology, nutrition, drug
addiction research, and materials science.
He has seventeen years of experience studying molecular structure and
function in biological and chemical systems at laboratories in academia,
government, and industry.
As
a graduate student, he also served as a Research Associate at the Pathology
Department of the Detroit Medical Center developing novel clinical cancer
DNA diagnostic tests, and received honors for his success in teaching
biology to undergraduate nonscience majors.
As an undergraduate he conducted chemical analysis of atomic-surface
catalysis and novel amorphous materials at the University of California’s
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, at Energy Conversion Devices, in Troy,
Michigan, and at the University of Notre Dame, School of Engineering.
Dr.
Niebylski earned his J.D. from Catholic University, Columbus School of Law,
Washington, D.C., in 2000.
In 1990 and 1987, he received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in
Biophysics, Minor in Immunology, from Wayne State University in Detroit, for
his work on biophysical mechanisms of lymphocyte Fc-receptor-mediated immune
activation and immunosuppression induced by cyclosporine.
Dr. Niebylski was then honored with a National Research Council
Fellowship Award in 1991 to start-up a section of biophysical studies for
collaborative research in neurobiology and analytical biochemistry at The
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland.
Dr. Niebylski graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Notre Dame in 1982.
Dr.
Niebylski is registered to practice before the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, and admitted to practice before the Bars of the District
of Columbia and the State of Maryland.
He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Association.
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