Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes

Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Frank Miskiel, Ph.D., is a highly-experienced intellectual property lawyer focused on patent prosecution in the areas of chemistry, biotechnology, enzymology, pharmaceuticals, industrial, food, cosmetics, household and personal care applications. Dr. Miskiel’s experience includes conducting due diligence for transactions involving IP, inventorship, ownership, scope of protection and enforceability. Dr. Miskiel also has handled many complex and multi-jurisdictional opinions,  freedom to operate analyses and with the preparation of numerous patent decisions in connection with questions related to infringement and invalidity.

Dr. Miskiel has significant experience with food and agriculture, life science, chemical and industrial sectors. This work has included decades of work with hydrocolloids, biologically active compounds and small molecules, therapies including proteins, enzymes, ligands, tumor antigens and carbohydrates. He has also hold wide-ranging fermentation experience, including process optimization, culture development and product recovery. In the life science space, Dr. Miskiel has extensive experience with drug delivery systems, therapeutics, natural gums and hydrocolloids, including their use in molecular gastronomy applications, and rheological modification of systems using natural and synthetic polymers for the food, pharmaceutical, paint, paper, non-wovens, crop protection, oil fields, and personal cosmetic and household care industries.

Prior to his legal career, Dr. Miskiel was a principal scientist for food ingredient leader CP Kelco (now owned by J.M Huber Group) and a research assistant in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at Penn State University. Dr. Miskiel is also an inventor on four patents: U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,453,608, 6,290,814, 6,083,890 and 5,342,626.