Steven J. Sarussi - Lawyer in Chicago, IL

Steven J. Sarussi is a partner at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and chairs the company's Chemical Practice Group. Mr. Sarussi has over 30 years of experience in the field of intellectual property law. His practice covers all aspects of patent application, reissue, reexamination, patent interference, due diligence, strategy development, and counseling, including an Orange book list of patents covering FDA-approved drugs, and infringement and validity analysis in the chemical field. Mr. Sarussi has represented national and international clients in ex parte and inter partes issues before the US Patent and Trademark Office. We are engaged in a wide range of chemical related technologies and industries, including catalysts, coating compositions, printing technology, cosmetics and personal care products, food and beverage chemistry, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and related preparations, polymers, nanomaterials, agrochemicals, lubricants, and surfactants.

Mr. Sarussi has worked on patent portfolio management, patent and trademark validity and infringement matters, and strategic R&D planning, business development, and freedom to operate matters. He has assisted clients in negotiations on intellectual property aspects of development, research services, confidentiality, and other types of contracts. He has developed a portfolio of patents that are obtained by larger corporations as well as by allowing his clients to obtain capital investment and valuable licensing opportunities.  Mr. Sarussi also has extensive experience in opposition proceedings and patent prosecution matters at the European Patent Office.

He is the author of several articles on novel synthetic pathways to organic molecules.

Before embarking on his legal career, he was a G.D. He was a medicinal chemist in Searle And Company's cardiovascular disease research division.