Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Year Joined Organization: 2004

Languages

• Hebrew

Lawyer Overview

Benjamin Berkowitz is an associate in Foley's Washington, D.C. office. He practices in the firm's Chemical & Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical and International Practices, as well as the Life Sciences and Nanotechnology Industry Teams. In addition, he serves on the firm's National Associates Committee.

Dr. Berkowitz has experience counseling clients on legal and strategic issues related to intellectual property, drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the U.S. and abroad, and evaluating intellectual property for due diligence analyses and freedom to operate opinions. Dr. Berkowitz has prosecuted a variety of chemical, biochemical and mechanical patents, in a broad spectrum of technologies including: plant molecular biology, antibodies, chemical sensors, optical equipment, small molecules, polymers, and pharmaceuticals.

In 2009, the Legal 500 recognized Dr. Berkowitz as one of the leading lawyers in the U.S. for intellectual property, patent prosecution and plant patents.

Dr. Berkowitz received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2004. While in law school, he interned for Judge Arthur Gajarsa at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Dr. Berkowitz has a Ph.D. in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University (2001) and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Columbia University (1994).

Dr. Berkowitz is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia, as well as before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Patent Office. 

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Areas of Practice

• Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical
• Chemical & Pharmaceutical
• Life Sciences
• Nanotechnology

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• District of Columbia, 2005
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

Past Employment Positions

• Judge Arthur Gajarsa at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Intern

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 2004
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2001
  Ph.D.
  Major: Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
• Columbia University, New York, New York, 1994
  B.S.
  Major: Chemical Engineering

Published Works

• "The x-ray crystal structure of the NF-kappa B p50.p65 heterodimer bound to the interferon beta -kappa B site", J Biol Chem., July 5, 2002

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