Amr Eldakak

Full Profile

Amr has been a patent agent for over seven years. His practice has focused on patent drafting, US and foreign patent prosecution, and assisting in freedom-to-operate, invalidity & infringement, and patentability analyses. Throughout his career, Amr has represented a broad range of clients, including individual inventors, emerging start-up companies as well as public companies and universities.

Prior to joining Clyde & Co., he worked as a patent agent at US-based international firms where he worked on patent matters. He also held a Senior Scientist position at the University of Kansas researching in cancer biology. Amr performed his postdoctoral studies at the state-of-art Stowers Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Amr has published several scientific articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Cell and Nature Cell Biology. He presented his work at numerous scientific meetings, and has won several awards. 

Experience

• Drafting patentability analyses and patent applications for an academic institution in Saudi Arabia.
• Advising a UAE firm in the food industry on drafting and filing patent applications in the USA.
• Advising start-up companies in Boston, USA on IP matters and drafting patent applications.
• Assisting in freedom-to-operate searches and analyses for major pharmaceutical companies.
• Drafting and prosecuting several US and international patent applications for clients in different fields of technology.
• Assisting in preparing infringement and invalidity searches and analyses for a US litigation case in the agricultural seed market.