Dr. Michael (Mike) Jespersen advises clients in the pharmaceutical, energy, and chemistry and materials science industries on protecting their technological innovations in an evolving patent landscape. Mike works closely with clients from the earliest stages of product development to tailor worldwide patent strategies to their technical and business goals. He leverages his uniquely diverse technical knowledge of chemistry and materials science to guide product development and IP portfolio development in parallel.
Mike counsels clients across a diverse range of technology areas in the life sciences and energy sectors, including pharmaceutical formulations, gene therapies, fuel cells, ethanol production, carbon capture, semiconductor polishing, polymer formulations, foods and beverages, glasses, and coatings. In addition to handling all phases of patent drafting and worldwide patent prosecution for companies of all sizes, from startup ventures to some of the world’s foremost technology companies, Mike is well versed in providing opinions on patentability, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate.
Before joining Foley, Mike was a research chemist and National Research Council postdoctoral fellow at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, where he developed advanced materials concepts in surfaces and coatings, polymer nanocomposites, nanoelectronics, bionanomaterial hybrids, photovoltaics, and nanomaterials synthesis and characterization. Collectively, Mike has published more than 20 articles and a book chapter covering a range of nanomaterials and related technologies.
