Kristen Mittelman

Kristen Mittelman, Ph.D.

SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

Services
IP Prosecution
IP Portfolio Management

Industries
Life Sciences; Energy; Alternative Energy; Medical Devices

Kristen Mittelman, Ph.D., is a scientific advisor at New River Valley IP Law.  She focuses her practice on IP prosecution, portfolio management, and opinions relating to patentability.  Her work is primarily focused in the fields of biogenetics, pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, energy, alternative energy, biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology and medical technology.

In addition, Ms. Mittelman has handled IP matters relating to autoimmune therapies, bioinformatics, biotechnology, cancer therapy, gene therapy, medical devices, medicinal chemistry, nucleic acid and peptide chemistry, organic chemistry, stem cells, transgenic animals, proteomics, and small molecule pharmaceuticals.

On the energy front, Ms. Mittelman has handled IP matters relating to processing technologies, including biomass-to-fuels, algae to fuels, algae-to-fuel additives, bio-based gas additives, gas-to-liquid processes and gas-to-fuels technologies. She has also advised clients on issues relating to biofuels and bio-based fuel alternatives research and development. She has handled matters related to exploration and production technologies, including those relating to oil sands, tar sands, tight gas, shale, coal, off-shore wells, drilling, cementing, stimulation. In addition, she has handled matters related to completion and production technologies involving polymerization, catalysis, refining operations, pipelines, and fuel and industrial chemical production.

On the end-product side, Ms. Mittelman has handled a variety of IP issues relating to products such as textiles, films, paints, fibers, yarns, diapers, and personal care products.

Previous to New River Valley IP Law, Ms. Mittelman was a scientific advisor at two international law firms and a contract associate at a top academic medical center.

Kristen received her Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine and focused her research on developing assays to study the processes of genetic mutation and repair of such mutations in neurons. She received her B.S., with highest honors, in biochemistry from Baylor University and graduated as the top student in her department.

Education

Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine (2007)
B.S., Baylor University (2000)

Publications

  • “Hsp90 modulates CAG repeat instability in human cells,” Cell Stress Chaperones, Sykoudis, K.* (Mittelman, D., Hersh, M., Lin, Y., Wilson, J.H.), September 2010.
  • “Zinc-finger directed double-strand breaks within CAG repeat tracks promote repeat instability in human cells,” PNAS, Sykoudis, K.* (Mittelman, D., Moye, C., Morton, J., Lin, Y., Carroll, D., Wilson, J.H., co-authors), June 2009.
  • “Impaired photoreceptor protein transport and synaptic transmission in a mouse model of Bardel-Biedl syndrome,” Vision Research, Sykoudis, K.*(Abd-El-Barr, M.M., Andrabi, S., Eichers, E.R., Pennesi, M.E., Tan, P.L., Wilson, J.H., Katsanis, N., Lupski, J.R., Wu, S.M., co-authors), November 2007.
  • “Rhodopsin-EGFP knock-ins for imaging quantal gene alterations,” Vision Research, Sykoudis, K.* (Wensel, T.G., Gross, A.K., Chan, F., Wilson, J.H., co-authors) December 2005*(Published under K. Sykoudis).