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Carol Nottenburg

Carol Nottenburg
Principal
Cougar Law
Seattle, USA

Dr. Carol Nottenburg is a patent lawyer specializing in biotechnology. She migrated to law after a career in science. Her career path took her from undergraduate days at Caltech (B.S. Biology) to graduate work at Stanford University (Ph.D. Genetics), to a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in the laboratory of Dr. Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate, and ultimately to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) in Seattle, Washington, where she joined the faculty of the Clinical Division. For five years, her laboratory studied the causes for poor development of the immune system in patients following bone marrow transplant. Carol then turned to the pursuit of a career in law, and particularly in patent law. After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Puget Sound Law School (now Seattle University Law School), she joined the law firm of Seed and Berry in Seattle, Washington. There she had primary responsibility for a number of small biotech company clients, and her practice focused on integrating patent strategy with business strategy. A move to CAMBIA, a non-profit, private research institute, in Australia allowed Carol to become involved in policy issues surrounding intellectual property. Besides being responsible for intellectual property matters at CAMBIA, she spearheaded the development of the internet-based Patent Lens Resource (www.patentlens.net). Now in private practice again, Carol aims to assist clients in integrating patent strategy with business purposes and to strengthen the client's capacity to deal with both everyday and more esoteric patent matters.