SGR is pleased to announce that Dr. Madhavi Sriram recently joined the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) Department as a Patent Science Advisor.  Working with the firm’s patent attorneys, Dr. Sriram will assist the firm’s clients with respect to patent application preparation and filing, and other patent-related matters.

Dr. Sriram has a Ph.D. in Chemistry, a Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences, as well as extensive research experience.  She assists SGR’s patent attorneys with preparing and pursuing patent applications at the US Patent and Trademark Office, as well as foreign patent offices, in a wide variety of chemical, life sciences and medical technology fields.  Before joining SGR, she worked as a licensing associate in the technology transfer office of a major research university.

“We are thrilled to have Madhavi join our patent group”, remarked Greg Kirsch, the Head of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department.  “She brings considerable scientific expertise to our patent law practice, and her prior experience in the technology transfer field will be invaluable to our university and industry clients.”

Dr. Sriram joins SGR’s growing IP Department, which currently includes more than 30 IP attorneys across our offices.  The firm’s patent practice includes 14 patent attorneys and patent professionals having technical and scientific expertise across a full range of disciplines, including electronics, computer and software technology, mechanics, medical devices and technologies, chemistry and biotechnology.  All of the firm’s patent attorneys have degrees in engineering and the sciences, including some at the Masters and Ph.D. levels.