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Andrew is a patent attorney in Merchant &amp; Gould’s New York office, who focuses his practice on Hatch-Waxman litigation, contested matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and general IP counseling. Andrew primarily assists clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical industries with developing and strengthening their patent estates and their overall litigation strategy, including pre-litigation counseling, fact and expert discovery, claim construction analysis, deposition and motion practice, and assistance at trial.  He also dedicates significant time to inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, freedom-to-operate, validity and infringement investigations, and due diligence, as well as patent procurement and life cycle management advice for a wide range of industries.

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Throughout his academic and legal career, Andrew has developed extensive technical and legal training within multiple disciplines, including organic, medicinal, organometallic and polymer chemistry, which provides him with a thorough, and oftentimes unique, perspective on navigating the IP landscape. This diverse experience set has proven invaluable to his practice in technical areas such as new chemical entities, pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical dosage form design, methods for treating disease, x-ray crystallography and solid-state polymorphism, antibodies, diversity oriented synthesis and drug development using large chemical libraries, transition metal catalysis, medical devices, CNTs and other nanotechnology, semi-conductors, and LCD and LED displays technologies. &nbsp;

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Prior to joining Merchant &amp; Gould, Andrew was a patent agent at an intellectual property law firm in New York. He was also a recipient of the NIH Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for postdoctoral studies in organic chemistry directed to catalytic and enantioselective synthesis techniques and their application to the total synthesis of complex natural product targets. During his graduate work at The University of North Carolina, Andrew researched approaches to asymmetric synthesis using polymer supported transition metal catalyst systems and the concept of molecular imprinting.

Andrew enjoys technical scuba diving, photography, philosophy, cycling, music and the great outdoors.

Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2010

Boston College, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-2004

University of North Carolina, Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2002

College of William and Mary, B.S. Chemistry, 1996

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Merchant &amp; Gould promoted five attorneys in three of its offices around the country, celebrating the ongoing hard work and perseverance of its team. Effective July 1, 2020, the promotions include Alpaslan Sapmaz, Julie K. Skoge and Paige S. Stradley in Minneapolis; David D. Harrell&nbsp;in Denver; and Andrew O. Larsen, Ph.D., in New York.



“We are excited to expand our leadership and promote this group of excellent attorneys who have made a particular impact during the COVID-19 situation. Each attorney has exemplified the professionalism and ‘can do’ spirit that allows our firm to grow and be successful, especially when our clients need us most,” said Christopher J. Leonard, Merchant &amp; Gould’s Managing Director, CEO, and Chairman of the Board. “Many industry leaders believe the pandemic crisis will historically spark a new innovation and technology movement. We agree, and these promotions bring greater depth to our practice groups in some of the most inventive industries across the country.”



<a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Professionals/Alpaslan-Sapmaz?">Alpaslan Sapmaz</a>, promoted to partner in the Minneapolis office, practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent prosecution in the mechanical arts. His practice includes guiding clients through the patent process in bringing inventive concepts to granted patents under both U.S. and foreign patent law. Specifically, Alp has extensive experience in preparation and prosecution of patent applications and managing sizeable client patent portfolios.&nbsp;



<a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Professionals/Julie-K-Skoge">Julie K. Skoge</a>, promoted to partner in the Minneapolis office, is a registered patent attorney who practices IP law with an emphasis on patent prosecution for both domestic and foreign clients.&nbsp; A science background combined with a detail-oriented outlook and a talent for persuasive writing helps her prepare and prosecute strong patent applications for her clients in diverse mechanical and software technology fields, as well as software-based applications for product design and fabrication.&nbsp;



<a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Professionals/Paige-S-Stradley">Paige S. Stradley</a>, promoted to partner in the Minneapolis office, handles a range of IP litigation involving patents (utility and design), copyrights, trademark, trade dress and false advertising disputes. Her litigation experience includes crafting briefs and orally advocating in court, managing and participating in all aspects of fact and expert discovery, and examining witnesses both fact and expert witnesses at trial.&nbsp; In addition to litigation, Paige also counsels clients with respect to brand protection and engages in preventative analysis and review of designs and marketing and advertising campaigns.&nbsp;



David D. Harrell, promoted to partner in the Denver office, is a registered patent attorney whose practice encompasses areas including software and information technology, computer technology, and Internet-related technologies. He specializes in patent preparation and prosecution, infringement analysis, and global IP portfolio development.&nbsp;David’s technical areas include programming, software analysis and development, operating systems and database design and implementation.



<a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Professionals/Andrew-O-Larsen-Ph-D">Andrew O. Larsen</a>, Ph.D., promoted to partner in the New York office, focuses his practice on Hatch-Waxman litigation, contested matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and general IP counseling. He primarily assists clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries with developing and strengthening their patent estates and their overall litigation strategy, including pre-litigation counseling, fact and expert discovery, claim construction analysis, deposition and motion practice, and assistance at trial.&nbsp;

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Bidentate NHC-Based Chiral Ligands for Efficient Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic Alkylations: Structure and Activity of an Air-Stable Chiral Cu Complex, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126: 11130-11131, Andrew Larsen, Ph.D., J.E. Campbell, A.H. Hoveyda, W. Leu, C.N. Oberhuber (2004)
Ethylene-Linked Bisphenol Ligands: Efficient Synthesis, Titanium Coordination Chemistry and Lewis Acid Catalysis, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 15: 121-124, Andrew Larsen, Ph.D., J.W. Anthis, M.R.Gangé, P.S. White (2003)
Disparate Roles of Chiral Ligands and Molecularly Imprinted Cavities in Asymmetric Catalysis and Chiral Poisoning, Organometallics, 21: 7-9, Andrew Larsen, Ph.D., M.R. Gangé, J.H. Koh, P.S. White (2002)
Asymmetric Pt(II)-Catalyzed Ene Reactions: Counterion Dependent Additive and Diphosphine Electronic Effects, Organic Letters, 3: 1233-1236, Andrew Larsen, Ph.D., M.R. Gangé, J.H. Koh (2001)
Asymmetric Synthesis of Rigid C2-Symmetric Bis(ferrocenyl) Diol and Diamine Ligands, Organometallics 1999, 18, 5157-5162; Andrew Larsen, Ph.D., R. A. Taylor, P. S. White and M. R. Gagné
Acid-Base Adducts of Catalytically Active Titanium(IV) Lewis Acids, Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 4824-4828; Andrew Larsen, Ph.D., P. S. White and M. R. Gagné

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