Deborah L. Cadena, Ph.D., is a registered patent agent* and scientific advisor in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's San Diego office. She focuses her practice on all aspects of life sciences and biotechnology patent prosecution. Deborah frequently counsels the Firm’s clients on strategies for formulating and implementing intellectual property portfolios that optimize business objectives.
Deborah has more than a decade of experience in all aspects of patent prosecution, including drafting and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications, managing patent portfolios and evaluating competitive technologies. As a former post-doctoral fellow and research faculty member in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, Deborah has extensive scientific experience in the areas of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology. She has drawn upon her experience to assist clients in the realization of patent portfolios in such diverse technology areas as immunology, including vaccines and antibody therapeutics, genomics, proteomics, systems biology, small molecules, medicinal chemistry, peptide and protein chemistry, drug screening, in vivo and ex vivo therapeutics, including production and formulation of biologics, gene therapy, and stem cell therapy, transgenic animals, nutraceuticals and bioinformatics.
Deborah was awarded her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis. She received her B.S., with honors, in microbiology, with a minor in chemistry, from the University of Texas, Arlington.
Deborah is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
*=Non-Lawyer Professional
Education
- University of California-Davis, Ph.D., 1987
- University of Texas, B.S. (with honors), 1980
