Lara J. Dueppen Ph.D.
Lara assists clients with a range of intellectual property development and protection matters.
Dr. Lara Dueppen has experience in patent procurement and global patent portfolio management; strategic counseling on matters including patentability, due diligence, and freedom to operate; inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; and patent litigation before the federal courts.
Informed by her training as an interdisciplinary physiologist, Lara advises clients working in such technologies as antibody therapeutics, cellular therapeutics, nucleic acid and small molecule therapeutics, vaccines, in vivo and in vitro diagnostics, recombinant DNA and proteins, in silico computer modeling and algorithms of biological and pathological processes, and nanotechnology. She has also represented startup companies, public and private research institutions, and large pharmaceutical companies in matters covering a range of technologies—primarily biotechnology.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 2008
- University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., Physiological Science, 2005
- University of California, Los Angeles, M.S., Physiological Science, 1999
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., Physiological Science, 1997
Bar and Court Admissions
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California
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Related Employment
- Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Summer Associate, 2007
- Alliance Imaging Inc., Anaheim, CA, Intern to General Counsel, Summer 2006
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA, Research Assistant, Summer 2006
- UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Ph.D. Candidate, Hyde Fellow, 2000-2005
- UCLA College of Letters and Science, Department of Physiological and Life Sciences, Teaching Assistant, 1998-2003
- UCLA College of Letters and Science, Department of Physiological Science, M.S. Candidate, 1997-1999