Jennifer Giordano-Coltart, Ph.D., focuses her practice on patent prosecution, due diligence, licensing, and general intellectual property advice in technologies relating to pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. She prosecutes patents for clients in the U.S. and abroad, and provides patentability, patent validity, infringement, and freedom-to-operate counseling to assist clients in business planning. Dr. Giordano-Coltart also conducts portfolio analysis in connection with licensing and acquisitions.  She also provides assistance on litigation matters relating to biotechnology and pharmaceutical matters.

Dr. Giordano-Coltart has broad research experience and expertise in the areas of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, cell biology, immunology, vaccines, physiology, and cancer biology, in addition to biologics, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and various medical devices. 

Dr. Giordano-Coltart conducted her doctoral research at Cornell University Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she designed and implemented molecular biology and biochemical experiments to study human DNA replication. She has also conducted research in the areas of intracellular trafficking, apoptosis and human genetic diseases. During law school, Dr. Giordano-Coltart focused her studies on intellectual property law and related fields. She wrote and edited for the Duke Law & Technology Review, in addition to planning the annual intellectual property law symposium and other intellectual property law events while acting as President of the Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Society.

Professional & Community Activities

North Carolina Bar Association - Intellectual Property Law Section, Member

Women in Bio, Research Triangle Park Chapter, Member

Women's Fund of Winston-Salem, Member

Education

  • Duke University School of Law, J.D. (2008)
  • Cornell University, Ph.D., Molecular Biology (2005)
  • University of Alberta, B.S., Biological Sciences - Molecular Genetics (1999)
    with honors

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina (2008)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (2008)
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2009)

Who We Are

What fully engaged means to me:

Being fully engaged means being determined, excited about, and invested in helping clients navigate all the issues associated with achieving their goals.

1001 West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, NC, 27101-2400
USA
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Jennifer Giordano-Coltart Ph.D.

Experience Highlights

Guardian ad litem
Represent children and/or their best interests in a variety of settings and courts. Lawyers routinely serve as guardians ad litem, representing the more
Legitimation proceeding for an indigent client
Represented an indigent client in legitimation proceeding in North Carolina Superior Court for three minor children where the client married after more
Patent prosecution for research institute
Represented a medical college in connection with patent prosecution of inventions arising out of research developed at a research institute in more
Patent litigation for a clinical laboratory services provider
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of a clinical laboratory services provider, plaintiff, in a lawsuit pending in the Eastern District of more