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Paul D. Pyla
Paul D. Pyla
AssociateAddress:
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Suite 100 East
8110 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
USA
Telephone: +1-703-205-8000
Facsimile: +1-703-205-8050
E-mail:
Paul.D.Pyla@bskb.com
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Bar Admissions: 2006,
Missouri; registered
to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education: Missouri
Baptist University, St. Louis, Missouri (B.S., Chemistry, 1987); Saint
Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri (JD, 2006).
Membership: American Bar Association; American
Intellectual Property Law Association.
Experience:
- Patent Attorney at Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP since
2007. Supports patent prosecution in the area of chemical patents.
- Over 15 years of research and development experience in the
pharmaceutical and agricultural biotechnology industries, where he
served as a protein biochemist, analytical chemist and associate
biologist. Mr. Pyla counsels his clients in matters related to
clearance of freedom to operate, patent expiration and infringement
avoidance.
- Mr. Pyla's areas of expertise are pharmaceutical and
agricultural biotechnology products. He has a broad spectrum of
laboratory experiences including initial research and development of
proteins; protein therapeutics and anti-inflammatory research;
protein therapeutic development work such as GMP analytical
purification assessments; and pre-regulatory acceptance studies of
crop product candidates such as GLP compliant composition analysis
studies; large-scale compositional analysis studies that measure
nutrient and toxicant levels within crop product candidates; large
scale protein production by heterologous protein expression systems,
refold and purifications for protein safety assessments studies. Mr.
Pyla has also evaluated transfer technology of large-scale
analytical techniques for pharmaceutical blood pool imaging agents
and the transfer technology development of intermediate raw organic
compounds.
- Practiced in intellectual property field since 2006, specializing in
chemical patents.
Publications:
- Bollgard II Cotton: Compositional Analysis of
Cottonseed from Insect-Protected Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Producing the Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 Proteins. Hamilton, K., A., Pyla,
P. D., Breeze, M., Olson, T., Li, M., Robinson, E., Gallagher, S.P.,
Sorbet, R., and Chen, Y. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
2004. 52 (23) 6969-6976.
- Comparison of the Nutritional Profile of
Glyphosate-Tolerant Corn Event NK603 with that of Conventional Corn
(zeaMays L.). Ridley, W.P., Sidhu, R.S., Pyla, P.D., Nemeth, M.A.,
Breeze, M.L., Astwood, J.D. Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry. 2002. 50(25): 7235–7243.
- Identification and Characterization of a Novel
Delta 6/Delta 5 Fatty Acid Desaturase Inhibitor as a Potential
Anti-Inflammatory Agent. Obukowicz, M.G., Raz, A., Pyla, P.D., Rico,
J.G., Wendling, J.M., Needleman, P. Biochem
Pharmacol. 1998 Apr 1; 55(7):1045-58.
Abstracts:
- Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry2Ab2 Protein Produced in B.t. and Insect Protected Corn Plants.
Bechtel, C., Hileman, R., Pyla, P., Holleschak, G., Leach, J., Lee,
T., Weston, P., Naylor, M., Hammond, B., Astwood, J. The
Toxicologist 60 (1), March 2001.
- Safety Assessment of Insect Control Bacillus
thuringiensis Cry2 Class Proteins for use in Transgenic Crops.
Holleschak,
G., Hileman, R., Pyla, P., Leach, J., Martin, J., Lee, T., Thoma,
R., Astwood, J., Hammond, B. The Toxicologist 60 (1),
March 2001.
- Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry3Bb1 Protein Produced in B.t. and Insect Protected Corn Plants.
Hileman, R., Pyla, P., Holleschak, G., Leach, J., Martin, J., Lee,
T., Thoma, R., Astwood, J., Hammond, B. The Toxicologist 60 (1),
March 2001.
- Safety Assessment of Insect Control Bacillus
thuringiensis Cry3Bb1 Protein for use in Transgenic Crops. Leach,
J., Pyla,
P., Holleschak, G., Hileman, R., Lee, T., Bechtel, C., Hammond, B.,
Astwood, J. The Toxicologist 60 (1), March 2001.
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