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Frank Salinas, Ph.D.
Patent Agent
Email. fsalinas@mcandrews-ip.com
Tel. (312) 775-8098
Education
Saint Mary’s University, B.S. Biology/Chemistry, 1989
The University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1997
NASA Graduate Student Fellow,
Pennsylvania State University, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
Bar Admissions
Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Professional Experience
Frank G. Salinas received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. He was awarded a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Graduate Student Researchers Fellowship to pursue research regarding the operation and control of multifunctional enzyme complexes responsible for mediating genetic recombination to be utilized in genetic engineering technologies. This work required the utilization of advanced nucleic acid and protein chemistry as well as biophysical techniques such as Surface Plasma Resonance (SPR) and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) technology in the analysis of protein structure/function relationships.
After finishing his graduate work, Frank was awarded an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Fellowship to pursue studies as a visiting scientist at The University of Alberta at Edmonton. His studies focused on stationary-phase ("adaptive") mutagenesis and regarded the modulation of mutation rates and genetic stability in response to environmental or developmental cues important in the origins of cancer. This work required the utilization of advanced molecular genetics and recombinant DNA technology.
Frank then joined the Chemistry Department at Penn State University as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellow. His work centered on the development and use of combinatorial protein/peptide libraries and high-throughput screening formats for the directed evolution of novel catalysts and the characterization of bio-effecting synthetic organic compounds. Frank was also awarded an RO1 supplemental research award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in support of work regarding the pre-steady state kinetic analysis of coordinated DNA replication.
Frank joined the Firm in 2001. His work at the Firm includes providing technical support for patent prosecution, opinion, and litigation matters covering a wide range of technology platforms encompassing the chemical and biotechnology arts. He has provided patent litigation technical support regarding novel DNA vector-host systems employed in antibody production and the generation of phage display combinatorial libraries utilized in antibody engineering. His prosecution and opinion work has included such diverse technologies as viral mediated gene therapy and single crystal scintillation detectors employed in positron emission tomography.
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