Patent Law
Shannon Reaney
Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP · Palo Alto, CA
Shannon Reaney is a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP in Palo Alto whose practice centers on patent strategy and prosecution for life sciences companies.
Shannon Reaney, Ph.D., is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Morrison & Foerster LLP. According to the firm, she is a patent attorney with over 20 years of experience in life sciences intellectual property law, serving as chair of the firm's Patent Strategy + Prosecution practice of more than 100 professionals and as co-chair of its cross-disciplinary Intellectual Property Group.
The firm states that Reaney provides patent counsel to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cosmetics, and agricultural companies, with work spanning patent portfolio development, prosecution, and management. Her experience covers pre-clinical and clinical-stage therapeutics — including small molecules, siRNA, peptide therapeutics, conjugates, and related diagnostics — as well as nanotechnology, skin care formulations, and agricultural technologies. Her practice also includes patent term extensions and lifecycle management for approved drugs and biologics, IP risk mitigation, and due diligence for financings and M&A. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and in California, where she was admitted in 2008.
Reaney received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Cruz, her B.A. in biochemistry from Occidental College, and her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. She has been recognized by The Legal 500 US, Managing Intellectual Property, and LMG Life Sciences.
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