Joseph Zahner
Attorney at Law
Missouri
Patent Bar, NJ, MO
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Work History
Probiotic Holdings
Senior Patent Counsel
Jan 2018 - Present
Providing freedom-to-operate, competitive landscape, and patentability analyses, and procuring patents in the field of microbiomics, microbiology, and bioprocess production for an agile, rapidly growing biotech company. Drafting, negotiating, and enforcing international intellectual property licenses.
Husch Blackwell
Senior Counsel
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
Trademark prosecution and enforcement, patent prosecution and enforcement, intellectual property counseling
Kutak Rock
Of Counsel
Jan 2016 - Sep 2017
Biotech, chemical, and pharmaceutical patent preparation and prosecution for start-ups and fortune 100 biopharmaceutical companies. IP due diligence, freedom-to-operate, competitive analysis, and intellectual property licensing for universities, early stage companies, and fortune 100 companies.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Director, Patent Attorney
Apr 2010 - Jan 2016
Due diligence, freedom-to-operate, and global patent procurement for manufacturing and bioprocessing, drug delivery systems, drug formulations, and new biomolecule formats. Advise contracts and business development group on collaborative research agreements, material transfer agreements, and patent license agreements.
Pfizer
Senior Patent Agent
Jul 2007 - Apr 2010
Responsible for global patent preparation and prosecution across diverse biologic and pharmaceutical portfolio, including genomics, bioinformatics, vaccines, small molecules, women’s health program, cancer and neurobiology.
Saint Louis University
Director, Technology Commercialization
Jul 2002 - Jul 2007
Procured and transacted university-owned patents and other intellectual property. Negotiated, drafted and executed licensing agreements, material transfer agreements, inter-institutional agreements, CRADAs, shareholders’ agreements, and operating agreements. Prepared and prosecuted biological, chemical and pharmaceutical cases.
Thompson Coburn
Senior Patent Agent
Oct 2000 - Jul 2002
Responsible for the preparation and prosecution of biotech patent cases for commercial and academic clients. Assisted attorneys in opinion work and due diligence matters.