A Wealth of Experience

Cynthia Hathaway is owner and managing patent attorney of Global Patent Group and specializes in global patent portfolio strategy and management in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and life sciences fields. Drawing on over 15 years’ experience, Cynthia supervises the firm’s patent attorneys, agents, and administrators in the preparation and prosecution of applications for United States and foreign filing, counseling of clients regarding patentability, freedom to operate, and drug patent life cycle management to minimize innovator and generic/biosimilar competition and maximize regulatory exclusivity, and providing IP transactional guidance to clients through licensing, financing, merger / acquisition, and joint development collaborations, including due diligence investigation and presentation. Cynthia’s clients have included pharmaceutical and biotech companies from start-ups to major pharma, as well as universities and private research institutes.  Prior to joining Global Patent Group, Cynthia was an agent and intellectual property department liaison at Kalypsys, where she tactically managed the rapid growth of the patent estate and supported joint research programs with major pharmaceuticals partners.

Dennis is the founder emeritus of and a consulting patent attorney for Global Patent Group. Before founding Global Patent Group, Dennis was Chief Patent Counsel at Kalypsys, Inc., a company focused on high throughput drug discovery and development. While there, he set up a fully operational patent department with internal capabilities to file and prosecute patent applications globally. Prior to working with Kalypsys, Dennis served as the Vice President of Global Intellectual Property at KV Pharmaceuticals. While there, he led the legal effort to bring ANDA and NDA drug products to the market. He also developed and implemented a full-service I.P. legal function. He came to KV Pharmaceuticals from G.D. Searle and Pharmacia where, as Assistant General Counsel and Director of Global intellectual property for Oncology and Biotechnology, he led a team of patent professionals to provide full-service patent and legal support to Pharmacia’s Oncology and Biotechnology drug development units. His team supported the company’s effort to protect and defend over 15 clinical compounds, including CDP-870, TFPI, CELEBREX® and BEXTRA®. He also served on Pharmacia’s Oncology and Biotechnology governing committees.  Preceding this work, Dennis had increasing levels of responsibility and leadership roles spanning over 13 years within G.D. Searle and Pharmacia starting as a patent attorney responsible for filing and prosecuting patents worldwide to leading and training attorneys and professional staff.

 Dr. C. Adam Schlecht is an attorney in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. He has prepared and prosecuted patents in a diverse range of technical fields including chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, nanotechnology, petrochemistry and material science. Additionally, Dr. Schlecht assists clients in freedom-to-operate assessments in chemistry-related fields and assists foreign associates in the prosecution of international patent applications. He also has experience in providing technical assistance in litigation support. 

Dr. Larsen is a patent agent with experience in pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent preparation and prosecution, and a broad range of expertise in organic, medicinal, computational, and biological chemistry. His doctoral research was on the synthesis and solution conformational analysis of polyketide natural products. He undertook a postdoctoral appointment at Butler University studying mycobacterial hydrolases and was an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at Bloomsburg University before joining Global Patent Group in 2021.

Valerie is an intellectual property paralegal with over 20 years’ experience in U.S. and international patent and trademark docketing, prosecution, and management.  She manages and mentors the firm’s team of administration professionals and works with attorneys and agents to design and implement best practices in case management and the formal aspects of patent practice. Valerie is skilled in the configuration and use of docketing databases such as CPI and PATTSY, and their interface with electronic filing and records systems at the USPTO.  Valerie draws upon her deep experience in international portfolio management to select and work with foreign counsel to provide the best value and service to clients.