Thomas G. Wiseman

Thomas Wiseman is a Counsel in the Intellectual Property Section of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

Mr. Wiseman’s practice is primarily devoted to client counseling and patent prosecution, including interferences and reexaminations, in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical arts. He also has appeared as an expert in high profile ANDA cases. He is also familiar with the technology transfer process and licensing. He spent nineteen years at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, first as an Examiner, then as a Supervisory Patent Examiner, and finally as an Examiner-in-Chief (aka. Administrative Patent Law Judge). He has spent three years with the Office of Technology Transfer at National Institutes of Health, where he supervised the patent branch.

Before joining SGR, Mr. Wiseman had over fifteen years of experience in the private sector at various law firms including Venable, Baetjer, Howard, Civiletti LLP., Morrison & Foerster, LLP. and Cushman, Darby and Cushman, LLP. He is familiar with both domestic and foreign patent prosecution.

Mr. Wiseman has received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Long Island University in 1969. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore and a M.S. degree in Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University.

Thomas is a Martindale Hubbell AV rated attorney and is or has been a member of the American Bar Association, American Chemical Society, American Intellectual Property Law Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American University Technology Managers, Biotechnology Industrial Organization, Intellectual Property Owners, and Licensing Executive Society.

Mr. Wiseman is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Virginia State Bar and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.