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	Michael B. Harlin Shareholder Email. mharlin@mcandrews-ip.com Tel. (312) 775-8000 Practice Areas Pharmaceutical Patents; Biotechnology Patents; Chemical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Licensing; Patent Prosecution. Education Yale University, B.S., Chemistry, 1990 Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., with high honors, 1996 Bar Admissions Admitted to practice in Illinois. Member of the bars of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Professional Experience Michael B. Harlin has experience in all aspects of patent law, including patent prosecution, transactions, contested proceedings, and opinion preparation. Mike enjoys working with different and complex technologies, and he has represented clients in diverse fields such as pharmaceuticals, regenerative medicine, therapeutic antibodies and peptides, controlled release formulations, ophthalmological treatments, solid state analytical techniques, personal care products, renewable fuels, polyolefins, and high oleic-acid foods. Mike is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has prepared numerous patent applications, responses, and appeals. Mike has also assisted clients with freedom-to-operate analyses and with due diligence efforts in various contexts and with various corporate, antitrust, and regulatory issues. Mike has also assisted many corporate clients with establishing intellectual property policies and developing patent portfolios. Mike has worked on all aspects of litigation, including depositions, discovery, dispositive motions, trial and appeal. Mike has also litigated several patent interference proceedings, gaining substantial experience with both the preliminary motion and priority phases. Professional Organizations: Mike is currently the President of the Chicago Intellectual Property Alliance (CIPA), a not-for-profit group of corporations, law schools, and law firms that promote education and awareness of intellectual property. Mike is on the board of directors for the Yale Club of Chicago and the finance committee of St. Michael Parish in Orland Park, IL. Awards & Honors Mike was honored by the Law Bulletin as one of the "40 Illinois Lawyers Under 40 To Watch" in 2008. Publications How to Prove When You Made Your Invention View File 'Preventing Obviousness Rejections post-KSR and its Progeny', presented on February 26, 2008, at PHARMA/BIOTECH PATENT CLAIM DRAFTING AND PROSECUTION, American Conference Institute, New York, New York. View File 'Getting the Best Patent Protection for Bioproducts from a Changing Patent Office', presented at the Spring 2008 meeting of the American Chemical Society View File Back to Top