Elizabeth E. Mathiesen Ph.D.

Associate

Beth Mathiesen practices the preparation and prosecution of biotechnology patent applications and has experience in the preparation in a variety of patent portfolio and due diligence analyses.

Dr. Mathiesen’s graduate training provided her with a strong background in genetics, molecular and cell biology, and immunology.

Highlights

• Responsible for the prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications for several biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients, including patents related to drugs currently on the market. This work has included extensive participation in European opposition proceedings.
• Involved in patent portfolio and freedom-to-operate analyses to assist clients in assessing their existing intellectual property rights or their ability to enter into a particular field of study.
• Participated in due diligence investigations to assist clients in determining whether to acquire a company or its patent rights.
• Thesis research performed in Dr. David Knipe’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School focused on the molecular genetics of herpes simplex virus DNA replication and gene expression.
• Previous research experience includes a research associate position at the California Department of Justice forensic DNA laboratory, where she developed DNA sequence analysis and genotype mapping techniques.

Professional Recognition

• Recipient, Academic Leadership Award, Suffolk University Law School, 2004-2007

Professional Activities

• Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
• Boston Patent Law Association

Select Publications

• Coauthor. “Evidence for a Direct Interaction between HSV-1 ICP27 and ICP8 Proteins,” Virology, January 2005.
• Coauthor. “Herpes Simplex Virus Replication Compartments Can Form by Coalescence of Smaller Compartments,” Virology, May 2003.
• Coauthor. “Herpes Simplex Virus,” Frontiers in Bioscience, March 2002.
• Coauthor. “A Dominant-Negative Herpes Virus Protein Inhibits Intranuclear Targeting of Viral Proteins: Effects on DNA Replication and Late Gene Expression,” Journal of Virology, November 2000.