Barbara S. Gibbs, Ph.D.

Profile

Barbara Gibbs is of counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group where she focuses her practice in drafting patent applications and claims, as well as preparing amendments, responses and appeals to USPTO Office Actions. Ms. Gibbs also prepares patent novelty opinions, due diligence opinions and freedom to practice opinions. Prior to joining Bose McKinney & Evans, she worked as a self-employed patent attorney in West Lafayette, Indiana, focusing on biotechnology and chemistry. She brings more than ten years experience in patent preparation and prosecution, as well as in patent novelty opinions, infringement and due diligence opinions and appeal briefs, and nearly 20 years of research experience to the firm. She has published a number of scientific articles in peer reviewed journals such as Biochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. She is a frequent guest lecturer at Purdue University in the Entrepreneurship Program discussing intellectual property. She earned her juris doctorate, cum laude, from Wayne State University Law School – Detroit in 2001. Ms. Gibbs received her doctor of philosophy in organic chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University in 1992. She earned her master of science in biochemistry from the Medical College of Virginia – Virginia Commonwealth University in 1983. She received her bachelor of science in chemistry from Wheaton College in 1978. Ms. Gibbs is admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana, before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and is a registered patent attorney.

Appearances / Publications

Presentations Given: "Full Disclosure: How to Avoid an Unenforceable Patent" 234th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (August 2007); "Enablement Requirement for Biotech and Pharmaceutical Patents" 234th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (March 2007)

Appointments / Memberships

Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Indiana State Bar Association; American Chemical Society, Chemistry and the Law, and Biological Chemistry Divisions; Sigma Xi.