About the Author: 

James Rogers is a patent attorney and former patent examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Previous to his work as a patent examiner, James was in house counsel for a diagnostic company and worked for several law firms in the intellectual property area. James received his law degree from Suffolk University Law School. He received an MS degree in biology with an emphasis on DNA recombinant technology from New York University and a PhD in molecular medicine from the University of South Florida College of Medicine with an emphasis on immunology. He is a member of the New York and Massachusetts bars.

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