Dr. Siepmann has over 20 years of experience in intellectual property and patent prosecution.  Dr. Siepmann’s practice is focused on patent preparation and prosecution in the fields of genetics, material chemistry, polymer science, biologics (antibodies and recombinant proteins), as well as various applications of classical biochemistry.

Dr. Siepmann also has experience in protecting innovations in the pharmaceutical field (compositions and methods of manufacture), the personal care industry (consumable products), food science, and industrial chemistry (large scale chemistry). 

Dr. Siepmann has previously worked as Director of Intellectual Property at Affymetrix, Inc. (now Thermo Fisher Scientific) in Santa Clara, California. In addition to drafting patent applications in the fields of minor molecule chemistry, nucleic acid chemistry, genetics, diagnostics, and laboratory tools, Dr. Siepmann drafted and negotiated numerous patent licensing agreements, as well as scientific collaboration agreements, consortium agreements, and common material transfer and non-disclosure agreements.

Dr. Siepmann received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He also studied enzymology and organic synthetic chemistry as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utah Department of Chemistry in Salt Lake City.