Frank Grassler

About Frank Grassler

As a Partner and Attorney at Law at Fulton Jeang PLLC since July 2023, I bring extensive experience in patents, licensing, startup law, and intellectual property portfolio management. My practice spans diverse fields, including academic tech transfer, biomedical product development, artificial intelligence law, FDA regulation, and global IP strategy. With a career encompassing over two decades, I have cultivated expertise centered on advising businesses, startups, and research entities on compliance, corporate governance, and technology transfer. My commitment is to deliver tailored legal solutions that support innovation and uphold ethical standards in the rapidly evolving domains of life sciences, intellectual property, and business law.

Experience

1. Partner, Attorney at Law

   Fulton Jeang Pllc

   Jul 2023 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Practicing In: Patents | Startup Law | New Ventures | Academic Tech Transfer | Artificial Intelligence Law | Bayh-Dole Federal Compliance | Biomedical Product Development | Business Law | CFIUS Compliance | Clinical Trials | Copyrights | Corporate Formation Planning | Corporate Governance | CRADAs | Data Licensing | Deceptive Trade Practices | Design Protection | Export Technology Licenses | FDA Regulation | Global IP Public Policy | Global IP Strategy | Hatch Waxman Litigation | IP Portfolio Management | Licensing | Mergers and Acquisitions | New Ventures | Outside General Counsel | Patents | R&D Agreements | Research Conflicts of Interest & Ethics | Scientific Research Administration | Trademarks | Trade Secrets | Valuation of Patents and BusinessesTechnical Areas: chemical, biological, ceramics, electromechanicals, materials, mechanicals, metals, and software inventions, covering the fields of pharmaceuticals, biologicals, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, neurostimulation & neuromodulation devices | clinical trial outcomes, healthcare apps, artificial intelligence-enabled bioinformatic, chemoinformatic, and neuromodulatory technologies and software, research tools, combinatorial chemistry arrays & robotics | food additives, rechargeable batteries, polymers, and mechanical & electromechanical devices in the aviation, oil and gas, railway, automotive, textiles, communications, construction, manufacturing, and defense industries.Representative Clients: US Dept of Defense, US Dept of Energy, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co, Inc, Gilead Sciences, G.D. Searle Division of Pfizer, Gates Rubber Company, Gates Learjet, Free Flight Systems, ATX Networks, Texas Healthcare & Biosciences Institute, Fasikl Inc, Nerves, Inc, Island Pharmaceuticals, Pebble Global Healthcare, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Edward Keefer, Dr. Dirk De Ridder, Otago University of New Zealand.

Education

• University of Colorado Boulder

  BSPharm and J.D., Pharmacy, Immunology, Mechanical Engineering, and Law

  1975 — 1983

• Claremont McKenna College

  Chemistry, Biology

  1973 — 1974

Skills

• Research Tools
• Research
• Pharmaceuticals
• Patent Law
• U.s. Food and Drug Administration (Fda)
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Technology Transfer
• Patent Prosecution
• Licensing
• Commercialization
• Patent Portfolio Management
• Copyright Law
• Genetics
• Life Sciences
• Lifesciences
• Litigation
• Oncology
• Pharmacology
• Drug Development
• Trade Secrets
• Protein Chemistry
• Venture Capital
• Patent Litigation
• Clinical Trials
• Biotechnology
• Intellectual Property
• Patents
• Immunology
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Combinatorial Chemistry Arrays
• Fda
• Trademarks
• Mergers
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Launching Start-Ups
• Vaccines
• Biology
• Biologics