Joel Harris
Senior Director, Intellectual Property @Atara Biotherapeutics
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Director, Intellectual Property @Atara Biotherapeutics
Responsible for all intellectual property matters for biotech company advancing targeted cell therapies for treatment of solid tumors, hematologic malignancies and autoimmune disease using engineered allogenic CAR T-cells.
EDUCATION
Santa Clara University School of Law
J.D., Intellectual Property Law
Stanford Continuing Studies
Cancer Treatments, Disruptive Technologies & Markets, Management Skills for Start Up Board Members
Northwestern University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, biomedical engineering option
University of Washington
Biotechnology Project Management Certificate, December 2020,
Penn State University
M.S., Bioengineering
Harvard Medical School
Immuno-oncology
San José State University
Technical Marketing
SKILLS
ABOUT JOEL HARRIS
Nationally recognized IP and business professional with a record of delivering superior results in all aspects of IP practice including strategy, preparation and prosecution, due diligence, transactions and litigation from work at top-tier IP law firms and in house in C-level IP positions. • Superlative preparation and prosecution skills, drafted/prosecuted 800+ applications. Exemplary ability in working with patent examiners to obtain allowances, achieving 100+ in the last several years. Have long standing relationships with examiners in the medical device, pharma (e.g, biologics), life science and other USPTO art units that have been fostered over the last 15 years.• Developed and managed IP portfolios for multiple early stage companies that were acquired or went IPO. • Extensive experience working with scientists and engineers to harvest and prepare patent applications on new products & technology in the medical AI, medical device, pharma (antibodies and other biologics), drug delivery, biotechnology, genomics and cell therapy arts.• Robust work in IP due diligence for financing, in-licensing, out-licensing, corporate partnering and IPO\'s. • Graduate engineering degree with research, engineering, management and product development experience at fortune 500 companies, startups and leading medical and scientific research institutions. • Exemplary academic credentials, earning multiple awards in law school while working full time. Academic concentration in patent law and IP litigation. Studied under Federal and State Court judges receiving several academic awards.• Invited speaker at multiple conferences on IP prosecution, diligence and litigation; also cited expert on papers on IP strategy for startup life science companies. • Inventor on over 25 issued and pending US and foreign patents in the life science, medical device and materials arts. Graduate research background in life science and co-author on related papers, abstracts and presentations.
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