The Science IP Research Team has a unique and powerful combination of scientific expertise and online search experience. Each Team member is a scientist with many years of experience researching the scientific literature and patent documentation.

The Research Team is backed by a highly trained and educated Technical Advisory Team.

Following are background details for each Research Team member:



Don Stickel
Kerry Stanley
G. Kenneth Ostrum
Natalia Nekrasova
David S. Saari
Mike Mullican
Sharilyn Woods
Scott Hertzog
Kenneth L. Hoppe >>
Elaine Cheeseman
Peter L. Mattei
Kenneth J. Cutshall

 

KENNETH L. HOPPE

Ken is a Senior Searcher in the Science IP division. Prior to joining CAS, Ken worked for 12 years in the pharmaceutical industry at Pfizer, where he conducted molecular biology research in drug discovery for six years and then provided patent and scientific information research for in-house patent attorneys for six years. Prior to his pharmaceutical industry experience, Ken worked in numerous academic molecular biology research laboratories at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital Boston, and the University of Connecticut Health Center's Department of Biochemistry.

Ken focuses on comprehensive biological and biosequence patent retrieval and analysis in support of patentability, freedom to operate, validity, infringement, and due diligence activities within the legal and corporate environment.

Ken obtained a MS degree in a biological science from Oklahoma State University. He has co-authored 8 scientific publications, two as first author.

Ken is a member of the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) and has been a member of the Sponsorship Committee for the National Meeting since 2004.