Mary K. Murray, Ph.D.

Since joining the firm in 1997, Mary Murray has written and prosecuted patent applications in molecular biology, chemistry, polymer science, pharmaceuticals, medical device and material sciences; drafted freedom-to-operate, invalidity, patentability and inventorship opinions, license agreements, intellectual property agreements, confidentiality agreements; and participated in intellectual property litigation, trademark prosecution and trade secret protection of intellectual property.

Mary was elected to the Board of Directors of MassMEDIC and is an active speaker, moderator, and author on issues relating to intellectual property law practice and the impact on business assets. She has served in a variety of organizational and speaking capacities for Suffolk University Law School and the institution's Center for Advanced Legal Studies.

Before entering law school, Mary was a professor at Tufts University Health Sciences School in the Cell, Developmental and Molecular Biology Program and, from 1994-1995, a Visiting Scientist at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. While at Tufts University, she established a federally funded research program; co-directed a National Institutes of Health sponsored Center; and taught medical, veterinary and graduate school courses. Mary’s research areas included molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physiology, protein biochemistry, cell biology, physiology, and developmental biology. Her research program was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Mary has served on United States Department of Agriculture, National Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation grant review panels. She was a member of the editorial board of several national and international scientific committees. Mary has authored or co-authored over fifty research publications and given research presentations at national and international scientific conferences, as well as lectures on intellectual property law at universities.

Publications

• America Invents Act - Prioritized Examination at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Effective September 26, 2011, September 2011
• Isolated Nucleic Acids Are Patentable - Is The Debate Over?, August 2011
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Spending Cuts Postpone “Track One” Prioritized Examination , April 22, 2011
• Prioritized Twelve-Month Examination Begins at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 4, 2011 , April 14, 2011
• U.S. Patent Office Initiates a First Office Action Interview Program, April 2008

Speaking Engagements

• "Critical Changes in Patent Law and Practice,” Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies Program, Boston, MA, February 24, 2012
• “Catalyzing Innovation - Industry/Academic Collaborations,” MassMEDIC Seminar, Mass. Medical Society, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA, January 27, 2012 
• “Continuing Legal Education and Alumni Relations,” American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting 2012, Washington, DC, January 5, 2012
• “Leahy-Smith America Invents Act,” Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds Breakfast Seminar Series, Waltham, MA, October 12, 2011
• “Intellectual Property Law Certification Program – Patent Module,” Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Boston, MA, October 6, 2011
• “Social Media During Regulatory Uncertainty,” MassMEDIC Seminar, Mass. Medical Society, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA, May 13, 2011
• “Intellectual Property Law Certification Program – Patent Module,” Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Boston, MA, November 18, 2010
• “The Impact of Patent Law on the Economy-Stimulus or Impediment?” Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies Program, Boston, MA, March 27, 2009
• “Reexamination Proceedings,” Citi Investment Research Global Health Care Conference, New York, NY, May 22, 2008
• “Dealing With the Changing Landscape of Patent Law- Tips, Tactics and Strategies,” Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies Program, Boston, MA, March 28, 2008
• “Patent Infringement Action,” Citi Investment Research Global Health Care Conference, New York, NY, May 24, 2007
• “Current and Future Trends in Patent Law,” Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies Program, Boston, MA, April 20, 2007
• “Tactics for Mastering Markman Issues,” Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies Program, Boston, MA, October 20, 2006
• “Patent Infringement Action,” Citi Investment Research Global Health Care Conference, Washington, D.C., May 2006
• “Resolving Uncertainty in Biotechnology Patent Law – Safe Harbor/Experimental Use, Inherency, Obviousness and Utility,” Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies Program, Boston, MA, November 18, 2005

Professional Associations

• MassMEDIC, Board of Directors and Officer
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American, Boston, and Massachusetts Bar Associations
• Boston Patent Law Association
• Federal Circuit Bar Association

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for First Circuit