MaryAnne Armstrong is a partner at Birch Stewart Kolasch Birch and focuses her practice on prosecuting patent applications and post-grant practice in the fields of pharmaceutical chemistry, organic chemistry, medical devices, biotechnology, and plants. She is also experienced in pharma and biopharma-related procedures such as requests for patent term extension. She has written for World IP Review and our sister publication Life Sciences IP Review. She was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 2000 and is registered to practise before the US Patent and Trademark Office.