Brenden S. Gingrich, Ph.D.

12790 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
Tel: 858-836-9000
Fax: 858-836-9001
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Legal Areas of Emphasis

Patent Prosecution

Patent Litigation

Technical Areas of Emphasis

Biotechnology

Chemical

Professional Profile

Brenden S. Gingrich is a partner in our San Diego office.

Dr. Gingrich’s practice focuses on the protection of intellectual property for the biotechnology and medical device industries.  His expertise includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, counseling on patent strategy, and intellectual property due diligence for both large and small businesses, as well as individual inventors. Dr. Gingrich currently represents clients with technology in the fields of antisense therapy, molecular biology and genetics, pharmaceuticals, intravascular ultrasound, blood purification, microfluid processing, and surgical fasteners.

During his doctoral studies, Dr. Gingrich studied the molecular basis of complex social behavior in rodents.  Prior to receiving his Ph.D., his undergraduate thesis focused on the study of artificial protein channels created using molecular biological techniques.

Dr. Gingrich joined the firm in 2003 and became a partner in 2008.

Education

University of Virginia Law School (J.D. 2002)

Editorial Board of Virginia Law Review

Order of the Coif

Emory University (Ph.D. Neuroscience 1999)

University of Delaware (B.S. Chemistry 1993) cum laude

Clerk Experience

Law clerk to the Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham, Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2002-03

Admissions/Qualifications

State Bar of California

Articles, Speeches & Seminars

Marc Morley, Brenden Gingrich. "Sue first, negotiate later." Managing Intellectual Property Today, Issue 169:100-102 (May 2007).

Young, Larry J., Miranda M. Lim, Brenden Gingrich, and Thomas R. Insel (2001). Cellular mechanisms of social attachment. Hormones and Behavior 40(2):133-138.

Thomas R. Insel, Brenden Gingrich, Larry J. Young (2001). Oxytocin: who needs it? Prog. Brain Res. 133:59-66.

John M. Carson and Brenden Gingrich.  “Rates Technology Inc. v. Nortel Networks Corp.” (Case Comment).  European Intellectual Property Review Vol. 27, Issue 6 (June 2005).

B.S. Gingrich, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, C. Cascio, and T.R. Insel (2000). Dopamine D2-like receptors in the nucleus accumbens are important for social attachment in female prairie voles. Behavioral Neuroscience 114(1): 173-83.

Z. Wang, G. Yu, C. Cascio, Y. Liu, B.S. Gingrich, and T.R. Insel (1999). Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated regulation of partner preferences in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): a mechanism for pair bonding? Behavioral Neuroscience 113(3): 602-11.

L.J. Young, J.T. Winslow, Z. Wang, B.S. Gingrich, Q. Guo, M. Matzuk, and T.R. Insel (1997). Gene targeting approaches to neuroendocrinology; Oxytocin, maternal behavior and affiliation. Hormones and Behavior 31(3): 221-231.

B.S. Gingrich, R.L. Huot, Z. Wang, and T.R. Insel (1997). Differential Fos expression following microinjection of oxytocin or vasopressin in the prairie vole brain. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 807:504-5.