Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
 
     
 

Dan Altman

2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614-3641
Tel: 949-760-0404
Fax: 949-760-9502

 

Legal Areas of Emphasis

Copyrights

Intellectual Property Due Diligence

Interferences Practice

International Intellectual Property Matters

Licensing

Patents

Right-to-Practice Opinions

Trade Secrets

         

Technical Areas of Emphasis

Biotech

Chemical

Medical Devices and Procedures

Pharmaceuticals

Plants

Professional Profile

Daniel E. Altman is a partner in our Orange County office.  He specializes in patent protection and related licensing issues for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical industries.  A particular specialty of Mr. Altman’s relates to foreign patent protection for these industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Altman was a teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he taught physical science to seventh and eighth grade students.  During law school, Mr. Altman was an editor for the High Technology Law Journal (now the Berkeley Technology Law Journal).  He completed an externship with the Honorable Terry J. Hatter, now Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. 

Mr. Altman joined the firm in 1989 and became a partner in 1993.

Education

     University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D. 1989)

     University of California, Los Angeles (M.A. Biology, Molecular Biology 1984)

     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S. Biology 1980)

Representative Patents

6,110,895 Method of promoting healing in skin grafts

5,853,724 Dampening of an immunodominant epitope of an antigen for use in plant, animal and human vaccines and immunotherapies

6,495,100 METHOD FOR STERILIZING DEVICES IN A CONTAINER

Admissions/Qualifications

     State of California

     Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

     Orange County Patent Law Association

     American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

     Biotechnology Industrial Organization

     International Bar Association

     Licensing Executive Society

Teaching/Adjunct Professor

     University of San Diego School of Law

          "Biotechnology Law" (1996 to the present)

Articles, Speeches & Seminars

Mr. Altman has spoken extensively in the field of patent law both in the United States and abroad.  His recent speaking credits include lectures for the AIPPI-Japan, Orange County Patent Law Association, Licensing Executives Society, American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, KTK (Osaka), and the Australasian Biotechnology.

Mr. Altman has also published articles in the Orange County Business Journal, ILS magazine, and Managing Intellectual Property magazine.

Language Proficiency

Spanish