Overview

Amanda prosecutes patent applications domestically and abroad in a wide range of technologies, specializing in the fields of chemistry, and biotechnology. Her industry focus includes chemical and industrial process control, therapeutic and cosmetic formulations, water and waste treatment, cell culture, medical devices, circular economy innovations, energy and “green” technologies, consumer products, and specialty materials and coatings.

Amanda also has experience assisting in intellectual property portfolio planning and development at various stages of business growth. Amanda is committed to expanding her practice with start-up and early stage technologies, including those developing an initial intellectual property strategy and leveraging licensed technology for their growth.

Amanda brings several years of experience as a research scientist to her practice. She managed a genetics lab with a focus on cancer and cardiovascular research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The lab was successful in identifying several drugs, which inhibit specific genetic activity and block tumor growth in animal models. During her undergraduate years, Amanda was a research assistant in a drug delivery and molecular imaging lab at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Amanda’s scientific career began in high school as a research assistant in a molecular lab at the University of Puerto Rico.

Amanda is fluent in Spanish and she is passionate about increasing Latinx and female representation in STEM and legal fields.

  • Provides technical and strategic analysis on maximizing existing systems and technologies for circular economy, zero waste, and on-site energy re-use applications.
  • Provides technical and strategic analysis on leveraging active agent formulations for a wide variety of consumer use applications, ranging from household products to cosmetics.
  • Assists in strategic portfolio planning and development for various early-stage therapeutic formulation clients innovating on technology licensed from academic institutions.
  • Provides technical and strategic analysis on a patent portfolio for a large water and waste treatment client focused on treating water to meet and exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s standards.
  • Participates in developing a portfolio for a consumer products client, including drafting and prosecuting numerous patent applications domestically and abroad for therapeutic and cosmetic formulations.
  • Collaborates with a medical devices client to expand a portfolio for innovative implantable neural interface systems for sensory stimulation.
  • Drafts and prosecutes patent applications for a microfluidics cell culture device client focused on developing efficient devices for chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) cancer treatment technologies.
  • Suffolk University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude 
  • Boston University, M.Eng., Materials Science Engineering
  • Johns Hopkins University, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cellular/Molecular Concentration
  • Member, AIPLA
  • Member, Phi Delta Phi
  • Member, BIPLA

Practice Areas

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D.

Boston University, M.Eng.

Johns Hopkins University, B.S.

Suffolk University Law School, J.D.

Boston University, M.Eng.

Johns Hopkins University, B.S.

Admissions

Massachusetts

USPTO

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