Daniel M. Scolnick
Daniel M. Scolnick is a registered patent attorney with Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Berwyn office. Dr. Scolnick concentrates his practice in intellectual property, primarily on intellectual property transactions and counseling, with a substantial portion of his work devoted to patent prosecution and intellectual property licensing matters. He has experience with technology licensing, patent drafting and patent prosecution focusing on biotechnology, molecular biology, immunology, virology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, protein chemistry, gene therapy, RNAi and antisense, and chemistry.
Prior to joining Pepper, Dr. Scolnick was a patent agent at other Philadelphia area law firms where his work focused on patent prosecution and assisted in protecting a multi-billion dollar drug.
As a Ph.D. candidate and a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Scolnick acquired extensive experience in the biochemistry, protein chemistry and genetics while cloning and characterizing a novel cell cycle checkpoint gene and characterizing the genetics of neurodegenerative disease in fruit flies. In particular, he regularly investigated and characterized genes and proteins using standard molecular biology and protein chemistry techniques. While at University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Scolnick also worked in the area of biochemistry related to the isolation, purification, and structural characterization of cellular proteins.
As an undergraduate Dr. Scolnick focused on defining the structure and function of anti-convulsants including modeling the drugs to define the areas essential to their activity. Dr. Scolnick’s experience also includes analytical work at the University of Pennsylvania’s chemistry department as a summer fellow where he assisted in analyzing synthesis and purification techniques of “Bucky Balls.”
Dr. Scolnick received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in biochemistry and biophysics in 2000. He received his A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis majoring in chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry in 1995. He received his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in 2008, magna cum laude, where he was a staff writer of the Villanova Law Review.
Dr. Scolnick is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania as well as before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
B.A. 1995 Washington University in St. Louis
Ph.D. 2000 University of Pennsylvania
J.D. 2008, magna cum laude, Villanova University School of Law; staff writer, Villanova Law Review
Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania as well as before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
