Franklin is a patent attorney with over 20 years of experience practicing all aspects of patent law. His patent practice focuses on a wide range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals (small molecules and formulations), biotechnology, medical devices, synthetic biology, biomaterials, biologicals, protein structures, antibodies, agricultural sciences, life sciences, and the chemical arts, including industrial chemistry. He offers clients comprehensive services, including preparing and prosecuting patent applications and drafting opinions concerning patentability, validity, non-infringement, enforceability, and Hatch-Waxman Paragraph IV certifications.
Franklin develops and manages domestic and international intellectual property portfolios for his clients, providing them with effective patent prosecution strategies and counseling them on all areas of intellectual property law. He also provides freedom-to-operate analysis, drafts agreements relating to intellectual property and technology, and conducts due diligence investigations often involving evaluating patent portfolios and technology for business transactions such as investments and acquisitions.
Franklin’s professional experience includes working as in-house intellectual property counsel for a start-up pharmaceutical and medical device company and as foreign intellectual property counsel at a leading intellectual property law firm in Beijing. Franklin draws on his broad patent practice and professional and technology experiences to work effectively with corporate management, in-house counsel, scientists, and engineers. By immersing himself in his clients’ technology and business goals as well as their competitive landscape, Franklin helps them secure, monetize, and protect their IP assets.