Education

2005 Chicago-Kent,
Juris Doctor

1987 University of Calgary,
PhD in Molecular Biology

1981 University in Canada,
Biology,
1st Class Honors Degree

Admissions

State of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Robert D. Moir, Ph.D.

Associate

Cook Alex
200 West Adams Street, Suite 2850
Chicago, IL  60606
Tel:       (312) 236-8500
Fax:      (312) 236-8176


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Professional Experience

Dr. Moir (born 1958) graduated with a First Class Honors Degree in Biology from Dalhousie University in Canada in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Calgary in 1987. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2005.

Dr. Moir held post-doctoral fellowships at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England and in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Northwestern University Medical School. He was Research Assistant Professor from 1995-2001 and Research Associate Professor from 2001-2002 at Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Moir has co-authored more than 20 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Dr. Moir academic career involved research in such areas as the organization of the cell nucleus, protein structure, the regulation of DNA replication and of gene expression and apoptosis. He has expertise in a wide variety of technologies such as molecular biology techniques including the manipulation of DNA, prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene expression, cell biology techniques including cell culture, high resolution light and electron microscopy and expertise with imaging software and biochemical methods including protein purification and detection using immunological methods.

Dr. Moir began clerking with the firm beginning in 2003 and joined the firm as a full-time attorney in 2005 following graduation from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Dr. Moir has experience in U.S. patent prosecution matters, litigation and patent validity, and infringement analysis in a broad range of technologies such as the genetic engineering of DNA and proteins, diagnostic assays using genetic techniques, antisense methods, pharmaceutical formulations and medical devices as well as applications of agricultural biotechnology such as feed additives.

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