Teresa J. Welch, Ph.D.

Teresa has more than 20 years of experience procuring patent protection in the area of life sciences, working with therapeutics and pharmaceutical clients in their product life cycles from discovery to development to manufacturing and marketing. She also provides strategic patent advice in regulatory matters such as Food and Drug Administration Orange Book listing and Hatch-Waxman patent term extension.

Teresa’s clients range from growing pharmaceutical and biotech companies to multi-national companies. She works extensively with the patent and technology transfer offices of many universities.

Her experience includes:

• Metabolic inhibitors
• Development and use of antibodies
• Proteomics and genomics
• Transgenic plants and animals
• Biologics such as fibrin glues
• Enzymatic and chemical development for utilizing cellulosic biomass and feedstock
• Improved catalytic conversion of petroleum and biofuels and batteries and energy-storage technologies of biofuels
• Medical devices such as orthopedic bone plates and catheter technology

Teresa also counsels start-up and venture capital firms involved in life sciences, e.g., developing and managing patent portfolios, patentability analyses, and freedom-to-operate/clearance investigations as well as negotiating and preparing all types of license agreements, development and joint development arrangements, sponsored research agreements, and asset purchase arrangements.