Robert Hess
Angel Investor and Patent Attorney
- Role
- Strategic Advisor at Atraverse Medical, Inc
- Location
- Walnut Creek, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Hess
As a patent attorney, I advise companies in the medtech and biopharma space on matters of patent strategy in order to help them produce high-value patent portfolios. I am also an angel investor (>100 angel investments) focusing primarily on Pharma/Biotech, Medtech and B2B SaaS. I am a member of the Life Science Angels (LSA), Band of Angels, and NuFund Venture Group. nI currently serve on the Board of Directors for Strategikon Pharma and Life Science Angels.Notable early stage investments include Promaxo, Neuro42, Noctrix Health, LabViva, Seal Rock Therapeutics, Strategikon/Clinical Maestro, mmTron, Givzey, Evress Analytics, Eva Commerce. Exits include DTX Pharma, SpineAlign, OnScale, Tenyx, and Gravyty.Previously, I have held both in-house and private practice positions as a patent attorney, primarily prosecuting patents in the biotechnology and medical device fields.I hold a B.S. in Biochemistry from Cornell University, a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics from University of Wisconsin - Madison, and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School with a concentration in Intellectual Property.
Experience
Strategic Advisor
Dec 2023 — Present · Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA, US
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics, Bioorganic Chemistry
1992 — 1996
Suffolk University Law School
JD, Law
2006 — 2010
Cornell University
BS, Biochemistry
1987 — 1991
Skills
- Chemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Patent Litigation
- Patents
- Legal Writing
- Patent Applications
- Patent Law
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- Due Diligence
- Intellectual Property
- Patentability
- Biotechnology
- Technology Transfer
- Patent Prosecution
- Prosecution
- Biochemistry
- Genomics
- R&D
- Lifesciences
- Purification
- Licensing
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Trademarks
- Trade Secrets
- Biophysics
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