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Tom Brody

Tom Brody’s patent practice encompasses biochemistry, immunology, biotechnology, and chemical engineering, as well as mechanical devices and medical devices.

Representative Patents

• WO2008027560 Holin-enhanced vaccines and reagents and methods of use thereof;
• WO2007117371 Engineered Listeria and methods of use thereof;
• WO2007022511 Listeria-induced immunorecruitment and activation and methods of use thereof;
• EP1928495 Antibody-mediated enhancement of immune response;
• U.S. Pat. No. 6,467,303 Hot discharge gas desuperheater;
• U.S. Pat. No. 6,701,980 Mobile fueling assembly.

Patent Law Articles

• Brody, T. (2010) “Obviousness in patents following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision of KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc.,” Journal Patent Trademark Office Society 92:26-70.
• Brody, T. (2009) “Preferred embodiments in patents," The John Marshall Law School Review of Intellectual Property Law 9:398-452.
• Brody, T. (2008) “Functional elements can ensure allowance of genus claims,” Journal Patent Trademark Office Society 90, no. 9, page 621-656.
• Brody, T. (2008) “Claim construction using contexts of implication,” Virginia Journal of Law and Technology 13, issue 1 (28 pages).
• Brody, T. (2008) “Duty to Disclose: Dayco Products v. Total Containment,” The John Marshall Law School Review of Intellectual Property Law 7:325 375.

Selected Scientific Publications (20 total)

1. Brody, T. (1997) Analytical Biochem. 247:247-256.
2. Brody, T., Keeney, S., and Linn, S. (1995) Human damage-specific DNA binding protein p48, subunit mRNA, GenBank, accession # U18299.
3. Dualan, R., Brody, T., Keeney, S., Nichols, A.F., Admon, A., and Linn, S. (1995) Genomics 29:62 69.
4. Keeney, S., Eker, A., Brody, T., Vermeulen, W., Bootsma, D., Hoeijmakers, J., and Linn, S. (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 91:4053-4056.
5. Brody, T. and Suttie, J.W. (1984) Methods Enzymol. 107:552-563.
6. Brody, T., Watson, J.E., and Stokstad, E.L.R. (1982) Biochemistry 21, 276-282.
7. Brody, T. and Stokstad, E.L.R. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257:14271-14279.

Textbooks

• Brody, T. (2011; in press) Clinical Trials: study design; endpoints & biomarkers; drug safety; FDA & ICH guidelines. Elsevier, Inc., New York, NY (600 pages).
• Brody, T. (1999) Nutritional Biochemistry, Second Edition, Elsevier, Inc., New York, NY (1006 pages).