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Vincent Shier

2026544530 Vincent.Shier@haynesboone.com

Work Department

Healthcare/Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Precision Medicine and Digital Health

Position

Partner

Career

Vincent K. Shier, Ph.D. is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s Washington, D.C. office.

Drawing from his cross-discipline education, Vince’s practice focuses on representing clients in the biotechnology, life sciences, and pharmaceutical fields, as well as many chemical disciplines. These technologies include genetics, molecular biology, therapeutic methods, pharmaceuticals, DNA microarray technology, diagnostics, plants, food products, renewable energies, batteries, plastics, surface materials, minerals and mineral applications, along with an array of other chemical products and processes.

Vince holds a doctorate degree in biological chemistry and has practiced IP law for more than two decades, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, counseling clients in strategic IP considerations, and representing clients in post-grant proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Vince has also been an adjunct professor of law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University since 2019 teaching introductory patent law courses as well as course on patent and know-how licensing.