Current Employment Position(s)

IP Legal Intern

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Jens joined Jones Day in October 2007, and his focus lies primarily in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the U.S. and Europe. He successfully passed the examination for recognition to practice in patent cases before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in March 2008. Jens also has experience in prosecuting applications for supplementary protection certificates throughout Europe and has been involved in the representation of opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office. Jens' field of work includes all areas of life sciences. His technical forte lies in the area of molecular biology and infectious diseases with a special emphasis on viral vectors and vaccines.

Jens received his doctorate from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he performed research on virulence genes required in the pathogenesis of the causative agent of plague, Yersinia pestis, and the closely related pathogen, Yersinia tuberculosis. As a postdoctoral fellow at New York University School of Medicine he studied changes in gene expression patterns in macrophages exposed to IFN-gamma and a Toll-like receptor 2 agonists. He also participated in an internship program offered by the Office of Industrial Liaison/Technology Transfer at NYU and gained experience in commercializing inventions made by NYU scientists. Jens has coauthored several peer-reviewed publications.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Life Sciences

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Published Works

• Characterization of phagosome trafficking and identification of PhoP-regulated genes important for survival of Yersinia pestis in macrophages, Infection and Immunity (2006), Vol. 74, No. 7, p. 3727-3741, 2006
• Type III secretion systems in Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, R.V.L. Chan (ed.), Bacterial Genomes and Infectious Diseases, Humana Press, Totowa, N.J. (2006), 2006
• Replication of Yersinia pestis in interferon-gamma-activated macrophages requires ripA, a gene encoded in the pigmentation locus, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2005), Vol. 102, No. 36, p. 12909-12914, 2005
• The response regulator PhoP of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is important for replication in macrophages and virulence, Infection and Immunity (2004), Vol. 72, No. 9, p. 4973-4984, 2004

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