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Richard James Pearson Jr.
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Richard J. Pearson, Jr., D.O., Ph.D., Esq. is a registered patent attorney and physician-scientist who currently serves as a Director at IPNav, the leader in full-service patent monetization. Dr. Pearson specializes in patent law with an emphasis on patent procurement, enforcement, and licensing related to medical devices & drug delivery systems, life sciences/biotechnology, and the pharmaceutical arts for which he has earned the highest qualitative Avvo attorney rating (Superb) with special recognition for being a “top” patent attorney.
Dr. Pearson possesses scientific, clinical, and/or basic research expertise in the areas of medicine, molecular biology, cell and molecular neurobiology, molecular genetics, medical neuroscience, behavioral neuropharmacology, neuronal imaging, and medical devices & drug delivery systems.
Dr. Pearson possesses scientific, clinical, and/or basic research expertise in the areas of medicine, molecular biology, cell and molecular neurobiology, molecular genetics, medical neuroscience, behavioral neuropharmacology, neuronal imaging, and medical devices & drug delivery systems. Dr. Pearson earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology with a minor in Psychology, magna cum laude, from Kennesaw State University; a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham ("UAB") in cell biology with a concentration in molecular neurobiology; and a law degree (J.D.) from the University of Alabama School of Law. Dr. Pearson earned his medical degree (D.O.) from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Georgia Campus (“GA-PCOM”).
Dr. Pearson is admitted to practice in Georgia state courts, including the Supreme Court of Georgia; the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC"); and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO").
Specialties:
- Intellectual Property
- Life Sciences/Biotechnology
- Medical Devices.
- Pharmaceutical Arts
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Licensed in Georgia for 21 years
State: Georgia
Acquired: 2005
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Location
IP Navigation Group, LLC
2515 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1000, Dallas, TX, 75201
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Experience
Honors
2008
Health Professions Scholarship Program, U.S. Army Medical Corps
2004
James E. Smith Award for Best Comment in the J Legal Prof, University of Alabama School of Law
2003
Journal of the Legal Profession, Senior Editor (Top 25%), University of Alabama School of Law
2003
Best Paper, Scientific Evidence, University of Alabama School of Law
2001
Henry R. Viets Fellowship, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, University of Alabama - Birmingham
1997
Howard Hughes Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Emory University, Department of Pharmacology
Work Experience
2013 - Present
Director, IP Navigation Group, LLC
2012 - Present
Of Counsel, Townsend & Lockett, LLC
2012 - Present
Avvo.com Legal Contributor, Avvo, Inc.
2012 - Present
Managing Member, Pearson IP Law Solutions, LLC
2008 - Present
Commissioned Officer (2LT), U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps
2008 - 2008
Patent Counsel, VC Associates, LLC d/b/a ViaCube
2007 - 2007
Chief Patent Counsel, Intellectual Property Navigation Group, LLC
2004 - 2007
Associate, King & Spalding
Associations
2012 - Present
State Bar of Georgia, Intellectual Property Law SectionMember
2012 - Present
American Bar Association, Science and Technology Law SectionMember
2012 - Present
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law SectionMember
2011 - Present
Georgia Concussion Coalition, Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund CommissionMember
2006 - Present
United States Patent and Trademark OfficeRegistered Patent Attorney
2005 - Present
State Bar of GeorgiaAdmitted to Practice
2012 - 2013
Cobb County Bar Association, Business Law and Litigation SectionMember
2012 - 2013
Cobb County Bar Association, Family Law SectionMember
2012 - 2013
Cobb County Bar Association, Sole Practitioner/Small Firm SectionMember
2012 - 2013
State Bar of Georgia, Military/Veterans Law SectionMember
2012 - 2013
American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm DivisionMember
2012 - 2012
American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, Intellectual Property CommitteeCo-chair
2012 - 2013
Department of Veterans AffairsAccredited Attorney
2012 - 2013
State Bar of Georgia, Health Law SectionMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Method for delivering a cytokine using a colloidal metal
U.S. Patent No. 8,137,989
Functionalized colloidal metal compositions and methods
Non-Final Action Mailed
Method for deinking pulp using premixed hydrophobically modified calcium carbonate particles
U.S. Patent No. 7,862,685
Methods and compositions for enhancing immune response and for the production of in vitro MABS
U.S. Patent No. 7,790,167
Low-cost production of peptides
U.S. Patent No. 7,595,173
Effective nuclear reprogramming in mammals
U.S. Patent No. 7,547,818
Porcine CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase gene
U.S. Patent No. 7,368,284
Education
2004
University of Alabama School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
2002
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Ph.D.
1997
University of Georgia, Kennesaw State University
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
1999
Poster Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (Miami, FL)
Expression of neuregulins and their receptors in mature rat retina
1999
Poster Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (Miami, FL)
Neuregulin is an in vitro survival factor for embryonic rat spinal cord motoneurons
1998
Poster Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (Los Angeles, CA)
Expression of erbB receptors is induced in rat spinal cord following sciatic axotomy
Publications
2006
American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law: Biotech Briefing 2(3): 8-12
Drug delivery in the age of nanotechnology
2006
J. Neurochem. 97: 222-233
Interactions between β-neuregulin and neurotrophins in motor neuron apoptosis
2005
Practising Law Institute: Patent Litigation 2005 Course Handbook
The paper side of jury litigation: Instructions, special interrogatories, motions special to jury practice
2004
J. Histochem. Cytochem 52(10): 1299-1311
ErbB transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptors are expressed by sensory and motor neurons projecting into sciatic nerve
2004
28 J. Legal Prof. 207
Human reproductive cloning: Current legal, ethical, and public policy considerations
2002
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Alabama - Birmingham
Neuregulin is a novel neurotrophic factor for murine spinal motoneurons
Languages
English
Activity
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