Dr. Glenn D. Prestwich
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Office: 801-243-0208
National Academy of Inventors fellow Dr. Glenn Prestwich has over 45 years of experience as a professor, entrepreneur, and biotech startup C-suite executive. His breadth of chemical expertise comprises organic synthesis, natural products chemistry, medicinal chemistry, mechanistic enzymology, agricultural chemistry, chemical biology, and biochemistry. He’s been involved in intellectual property litigations that concern medical devices, diagnostics, new pharmaceuticals, drug delivery, agrochemicals, and consumer products.
Dr. Prestwich brings to all legal and technical cases a deep appreciation for how chemistry informs the invention and development of products that offer solutions to problems in the life sciences and medicine, ranging from disease detection and treatment to tissue healing and regeneration.
Dr. Prestwich has been a prolific inventor since 1977, and an expert witness in IP law cases since 2007. He is an inventor on over 95 patents and patent applications, including 48 issued patents.
As an expert witness, Dr. Prestwich enjoys the challenges of dissecting the validity (or invalidity) of patents in litigation. He appreciates the subtleties of claim construction and works collaboratively with attorneys to identify successful arguments based on sound science and legal principles.
He has drafted over 39 expert reports, declarations, and affidavits in support of his attorney clients. He has been deposed 18 times and testified in Court four times.
Dr. Prestwich posts video blogs that target both experts working with attorneys, and attorneys seeking experts. These are on his website at clearsolutionsbiomedical.com
Dr. Prestwich says: “In the courtroom, the role of an expert witness is to educate the court. I help the judge and jury understand that my expert opinion is accurate, compelling, and the only correct conclusion that one can reach.”
Dr. Prestwich is an organized, clear, and effective writer. He has written over 50 single-author scientific publications, reviews and book chapters, and is co-author on over 610 additional peer-reviewed articles in the scientific literature. His publications encompass areas such diverse topics as anti-cancer drugs, gels for wound repair, cell therapy, and regenerative medicine, insect and pest control agents, cholesterol-lowering agents, lipids and cell signaling tools, and anti-inflammatory agents.
He has also been a prolific writer of grant proposals, with over 80 funded grant proposals in over 47 years, both from his academic laboratories at Stony Brook and Utah, as well as SBIR/STTRs for the more than eight startup companies that he co-founded since 1990.
- Agricultural
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biomedical
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Medical Devices
- Pesticides
- Pharmacology
- Polymers
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: PhD Organic Chemistry, Stanford University, 1974
BSc (Honors) Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1970 - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: American Chemical Society, American Association for Advancement of Science, International Society for Hyaluronan Science, Society for Biomaterials, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sigma Xi, Aircraft Owner & Pilots Organization
Co-founder:
Clear Solutions Biotech, Inc.; Echelon Biosciences Inc.; Sentrx Surgical, Inc.; Carbylan BioSurgery, Inc.;
Glycosan BioSystems, Inc.; Sentrx Animal Care, Inc.; Clear Solutions Biomedical LLC; GlycoMira, LLC;
GlycoMira Therapeutics, Inc.; Metallosensors, Inc.; Deuteria Agrochemicals LLC; Deuteria Biomaterials
LLC; Matrix Diagnostics Biosystems, Inc.; Maana Discoveries, Inc.
Other Administrative and Advisory Roles
Director, Center for Cell Signaling (1997-2004) and Center for Therapeutic Biomaterials (2004-08); SAB,
Tissue Engineering Center, CCF (2004-10); VP, International Society for Hyaluronan Science (2004-08);
SAB, Novozymes Biopolymers (2006-11); SAB, Sorenson Discovery & Innovation Center (2007-11); SAB,
Organovo, Inc. (2007-16); SAB, Inst. Systems Biol. & Ecol., Czech Academy of Sciences (2007-11); Chair,
Advisory Board, National Center for Voice and Speech (2010-13); SAB, BOD, Brickell Biotech (2010-13); AB,
Modern Meadow, Inc. (2012-17) AB, Jade Therapeutics, Inc./Eyegate, Inc. (2012-16); AB, American Med
Chem (2013-18); AB, Asha Therapeutics (2013 - ); SAB, Symic Bio (2014-17); SAB, Amasa Therapeutics,
(2016 - ); Advisor, Shasqi, Inc. (2017- ); Advisor, C-DOCTOR (2019 -); Advisor, Valitor (2019 -); Advisor,
Rebel Medicine (2019 -); Advisor, Glycologix (2022 -); Advisor, IHP Therapeutics (2022 -) - Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Courses Taught (since 1975):
Introductory Organic Chemistry, Advanced and Structural Organic Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Chemical Ecology, Targeted Drug Delivery.
Speaking Experience (since 1975):
Presented over 680 invited research and entrepreneurism lectures at universities, governmental and industrial labs, and at national and international symposia
Selected Awards and Honors:
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, 1976-1977; National Institutes of Health Senior Fellowship, 1992
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, 1981-1985; Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1981-1986
Paul Dawson Biotechnology Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 1998
Silverstein-Simeone Award of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, 2001
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2005 - current
Governor’s Medal for Science & Technology, 2006
TIAA-CREF ‘Greater Good Award’ for 2006-2007
Volwiler Research Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 2008
Rooster Prize for Therapeutic uses of Hyaluronan, International Society for Hyaluronan Science, 2010
University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award, 2010
Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, 2013 -- current
University of Utah Distinguished Innovation and Impact Award, 2014
Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science, 2018 – current
- Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Over 22 cases during the past 17 years
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: 1. Patent invalidity and non-infringement for synthetic prostanoids for glaucoma
2. Patent re-exam for invalidity for synthetic phosphoinositides
3. Patent invalidity and non-infringement in a drug eluting stent case
4. False and misleading advertising therapeutic claims for a functional food product
5. Patent validity and non-infringement for use of hyaluronic acid (HA) for drug delivery
6. Patent validity and non-infringement for a crosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA) used in treating osteoarthritis
7. IPR institution and invalidity of hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers
8. Patent non-infringement & invalidity for a nutraceutical formulation
9. Patent validity and infringement for plant growth regulatory formulation
10. Patent infringement and validity for collection of cell-free DNA
11. Patent invalidity and post-grant review of a patent for pesticidal compounds
12. False and misleading therapeutic advertising claims for an ocular hygiene product
13. Misappropriation of university trade secrets and products for a therapeutic antibody - Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: About 50%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: About 50%
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 18
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: August 2022
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: Four
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: Four
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: Seventeen years
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting, testing, expert and rebuttal reports, declarations (e.g., for inter parties reviews or post-grant reviews)
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Contact Dr. Prestwich
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: Contact Dr. Prestwich
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: Contact Dr. Prestwich
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Contact Dr. Prestwich
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Contact Dr. Prestwich
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