John E. Burke,  Attorney
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Education

Rutgers College of Engineering
B.S., Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, 1983

Rutgers School of Law - Camden
J.D., 1990

Bar Admissions

Colorado State Bar
California State Bar
New York State Bar
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Affiliations

Licensing Executive Society
American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
Federal Circuit Bar Association

John focuses on chemical patent law practice, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, genomics and bioinformatics, including related prosecution, opinion and licensing matters, litigation support and client counseling. John was formerly a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig; General Counsel at Deltagen, Inc., a functional genomics and drug discovery company located in the San Francisco bay area; chairman of the patent law group for the San Diego office of Pillsbury Winthrop; corporate patent counsel for Cortech, Inc. a Denver based biopharmaceutical company; and an associate with the New York based law firm of Morgan & Finnegan.

Articles

"Prior Art by Admission Doctrine: Judicially Created Private Prior Art," The Federal Circuit Bar Journal, June 2004

"Overview: Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists," Expert Opinions in Therapeutic Patents 5 (4):331-340 (1995)

Professional Listings

Colorado Super Lawyer 2006, 2007, 2008