Overview
Alexander D. Augst advises clients, particularly in the medical device and life sciences industries, on a variety of intellectual property issues, including worldwide patent portfolio development and strategy, patent prosecution, due diligence and freedom to operate analysis, and litigation support. Alexander helps clients identify strengths and weaknesses, and opportunities to minimize threats and maximize revenue using their patent portfolios.
Alexander prosecutes patent applications in various fields, including medical devices, biotechnology, diagnostics, image processing applications, computer systems and software, and mechanical devices. His patent experience spans every stage of a product’s life cycle, including post-grant proceedings, and patent portfolio strategies and development. Alexander performs patentability, validity, and freedom-to-operate assessments, provides pre-litigation assessment sand opinions regarding patentability, and conducts IP due diligence for strategic business transactions.
While earning his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Alexander’s thesis work included building and running computational models of blood flow in arteries, based on ultrasound input data. After completing his doctorate, Alexander was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Langer Lab) and later at the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His postdoctoral work included generating bone-cartilage constructs from silk scaffolds and human bone marrow stromal cells, as well as studying cell-biomaterial interactions using alginate hydrogels.
Results
- Represented a US medical device company in strategic portfolio development and patent procurement to protect a novel skin rejuvenation technology*
- Represented a European medical device company in strategic portfolio development and patent procurement to protect a novel vascular closure device*
- Represented a major US research institution in a range of patent procurement and portfolio development matters in the fields of materials science and biotechnology*
- Represented a US medical device company in patent procurement matters in the field of critical care*
- Participated in multi-year patent litigation and inter partes review proceedings before the US Patent Office on behalf of a US diagnostic company*
- Represented a multi-national energy company in a range of patent procurement and portfolio development matters*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Intellectual Property Law, Boston, and Patent Law, Boston, 2025
Community
- Massachusetts State Bar, member
Credentials
Education
Suffolk University Law School, JD, 2014
Imperial College London, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, 2003
City University London, MEng, Mechanical Engineering, 1999
Admissions
Massachusetts
Courts/Agencies
US Patent and Trademark Office
Languages
English
German
Italian
