Michael Langer is an intellectual property attorney with a diverse practice focusing on IP licensing and litigation and on patent and trademark drafting and prosecution. He negotiates on behalf of clients seeking to obtain or offer licenses or other agreements for patent, trademark, copyright, and trade-secret rights. He provides patentability, right-to-manufacture, and patent-validity analysis as well as trademark clearance and registerability searches.
Technical Expertise
Michael’s science background allows him to assist clients in a wide range of patentable technologies. His experience in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology and genetics has been particularly helpful for clients in the chemical, biotechnological and medical disciplines.
Professional Background
After earning a B.S. in Chemistry from St. Olaf in 1996, Michael worked for a year in the Research and Development group for PPD Pharmaco, Inc., an analytical research firm serving the pharmaceutical industry. In 1997, Michael began a graduate program in Chemistry at the University of Utah where he was awarded a Henry-Eyring research fellowship that spanned his graduate school tenure. After receiving an M.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Utah in 1999, he worked for two years in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) performing post-graduate research. He authored eight academic publications relating to his graduate and post-graduate research.
In 2001, Michael began a law program at the University of Wisconsin Law School, during which time he worked as a summer associate for both Michael Best & Friedrich in Madison, Wisconsin and Kolisch Hartwell in Portland, Oregon. He joined Kolisch Hartwell in 2004 soon after earning a J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. He maintains an ongoing annual committment as a guest lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Education
- University of Wisconson Law School (J.D, magna cum laude, 2004); Order of the Coif
- University of Utah (M.S. in Biochemistry, 1999)
- St. Olaf College (B.S. in Chemistry, cum laude, 1996)
Bar and Court Admissions
- Oregon State Bar
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
Professional Associations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); 2004–present
- American Association for Justice; 2004–present
- American Bar Association (ABA); 2004–present
- Multnomah County Bar Association; 2004–present
- City Club of Portland; 2006–present
- American Chemical Society; 1996–present
Selected Publications
- Borra, M.T., Langer, M.R., Slama, J.T., and Denu, J.M. Substrate Specificity and Kinetic Mechanism of the Sir2 Family of NAD+- Dependent Histone/Protein Deacetylases. (2004) Biochemistry 43(30), 9877–87.
- Boyer, L.A., Langer, M.R., Crowley, K.A., Tan, S., Denu, J.M., and Peterson, C.L. Essential Role for the SANT Domain in the Functioning of Multiple Chromatin Remodeling Enzymes. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 10(4), 935–42.
- Langer, M.R., Fry, C.J. and Denu, J.M. Modulating Acetyl-CoA Binding in the GCN5 Family of Histone Acetyltransferases. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277(30), 27337–44.
- Messick, T.E., Chmiel, N.H., Golinelli, M.-P., Langer, M.R., Joshua-Tor, L., and David, S.S. Noncysteinyl Coordination to the [4Fe-4S]+2 Cluster of the DNA Repair Adenine Glycosylase MutY Introduced via Site-Directed Mutaenesis. Structural Characterization of an Unusual Histindinyl-Coordinated Cluster. (2002) Biochemistry 41(12), 3931–42.
- Langer. M.R., Tanner, K.G., and Denu, J.M. Mutational Analysis of Conserved Residues in the GCN5 Family of Histone Acetyltransferases. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276(33), 31321–31.
- Tanner, K.G., Langer, M.R., and Denu, J.M. Kinetic Mechanism of Human Histone Acetyltransferase P/CAF. (2000) Biochemistry 39(39), 11961–9.
- Tanner, K.G., Langer, M.R., Kim, Y., and Denu, J.M. Kinetic Mechanism of Human Histone Acetyltransferase GCN5 From Yeast. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275(29), 22048–55.
- Langer, M.R. (1999). Evidence for a Critical Role of the Iron-Sulfur Cluster Loop Domain of MutY in DNA Damage Recognition and DNA Repair. Masters Dissertation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Outside Interests
Michael enjoys hiking, biking, SCUBA diving, travelling, cooking, and anything having to do with the Green Bay Packers.