Richard Emmons advises individual inventors, companies of all sizes, and academic institutions working in the life sciences, medical device, and mechanical art areas. He counsels clients in the preparation and prosecution of US and foreign patents in the life sciences, medical device, and mechanical art areas. He assists clients with IP due diligence, IP licensing, and patentability, infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate analyses. His areas of expertise include protein and small molecule pharmaceuticals, antibody therapeutics, vaccines, gene therapy vehicles, constructs, and delivery systems, stem cell–based technologies, biological imaging, medical devices, microfluidics, and biofuels.