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  David
J. AstonLegal Experience Mr. Aston has over twenty years of intellectual property experience. After graduating from the University of Denver College of Law, he began the practice of patent law with the United States Navy. After spending three years in private practice at Klaas and Law in Denver, Colorado, he joined Cutter Laboratories (now Bayer Corporation) in 1981. While at Bayer, he specialized in health care and biotechnology inventions. He also served as manager of commercial development and assistant director of regulatory affairs for biotherapeutics. In 1992 he joined the University of California Office of Technology Transfer as Biotechnology Licensing Manager, later becoming Associate Director, Life Sciences. At the Office of Technology Transfer he was responsible for patenting and licensing inventions made at all nine University of California campuses. He moved to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he served as Chief Patent Counsel, in 1998. Mr. Aston has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications, as well as in related intellectual property matters. He has participated in numerous patent litigations, interferences and inventorship determinations. At LBNL he maintained a prosecution docket in the life sciences area and advised management in numerous patent, software, information technology, and general legal matters. Technical Experience Mr. Aston graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Biophysics in 1968. He then served in the U.S. Army as a clinical laboratory and blood banking specialist. In 1989-1990, he attended San Francisco State University full time to pursue an M.A. in Cell and Molecular Biology. He has worked on leading edge inventions from the University of California for twelve years, in a wide range of technical disciplines. Professional Affiliations Mr. Aston is a member of the Colorado and California bars, and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada, Inc.), having served as the San Francisco Committee chair 1994-1996. He is also a member of the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association, and is a frequent speaker on patent and licensing topics. |
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