Wesley B. Derrick Ph.D.
Associate
Wes Derrick focuses on litigation, interference, and opinion work in the biotechnology, chemical, and pharmaceutical areas. Dr. Derrick also maintains an active patent prosecution practice.
Dr. Derrick’s practice has involved a wide range of biochemical and chemical technologies, particularly those relating to therapeutics. Prior to entering patent practice, he earned an M.S. in biochemistry for his work studying the structure and function of transfer RNA and was awarded a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Colorado, Boulder, for his work on the catalytic mechanism of the hammerhead ribozyme. Dr. Derrick has presented lectures on the unique aspects of combinatorial therapeutics.
Highlights
- Former extern for the Honorable Jeffrey S. White of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Co-Director of Off-Campus Competitions for Boalt Hall’s Moot Court Board.
- Served in various roles for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal while in law school.
- Teaching assistant for Boalt Hall’s first year Legal Research & Writing and Written & Oral Advocacy courses.
- Former patent agent at an intellectual property law firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- American Chemical Society
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Earl Warren American Inn of Court
Select Publications
- Coauthor. "Hammerhead Cleavage of the Phosphorodithioate Linkage," Biochemistry, 2000.
- Coauthor. "Synthetase Recognition Determinants of E. Coli Valine Transfer RNA," Biochemistry, 1999.