Education

George Mason University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude, 2001)
University of Cincinnati, Ph.D. in Pharmacology (1995)
Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A. in Biology (1990)

Experience

Sean C. Myers-Payne rejoined the firm in 2006, having previously worked for the firm as a Technical Advisor beginning in 1996. Prior to rejoining the firm, Dr. Myers-Payne was associated with a general practice firm in Ohio and an intellectual property boutique in Washington, D.C. Prior to initially joining the firm in 1996, Dr. Myers-Payne was a post-doctoral fellow in the Laboratory for Membrane Biophysics within the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health.

Practice Areas

Dr. Myers-Payne prepares and prosecutes patent applications in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical arts as a member of the firm's patent procurement practice group. Dr. Myers-Payne also prepares infringement and validity opinions as a member of the firm's client counseling, licensing and technology transfer practice group.

Admissions

1998, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
2001, Virginia
2002, District of Columbia

Representative Publications

Myers-Payne, S.C. (Spring 2004). Determining entitlement to a date of invention: Chen v. Bouchard. Ohio State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section, 12(2).

Myers-Payne, S.C., Mitchell, D.C., & Litman, B.J. (1996). Biophys. J., 70(WP095).

Myers-Payne, S.C., Hubbell, T., Pu, L., Schnutgen, F., Borchers, T., Wood, W.G., Spener, F., & Schroeder, F. (1996). Isolation and characterization of two fatty acid binding proteins from mouse brain. J. Neurochem., 66(4), 1648-1656.

Myers-Payne, S.C., Fontaine, R.N., Loeffler, A., Pu, L., Rao, A.M., Kier, A.B., Wood, W.G., & Schroeder, F. (1996). Effects of chronic ethanol consumption on sterol transfer proteins in mouse brain. J. Neurochem, 66(1), 313-320.

Myers-Payne, S.C., Hui, D.Y., Brockman, H.L., & Schroeder, F. (1995). Cholesterol esterase: a cholesterol transfer protein. Biochemistry, 34(12), 3942-3947.