Mandy W Decker

Practice Areas

Biotechnology/Life Sciences

Clinical Research, Clinical Trials & Risk Management

Entrepreneurial Services

Health Care

Health Care - Life Sciences Technology & Commercialization

Intellectual Property & Technology

Manufacturing

Patent Prosecution & Protection

Career

Mandy Wilson Decker is a Member of Stites & Harbison. She is a Patent Attorney and member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. Her practice focuses on intellectual property protection strategy, including counseling clients on infringement, validity and patentability, transfer of intellectual property, patent drafting, and patent prosecution. Contributing to her practice is a scientific background in chemistry and experience with academic and commercial research in the areas of biochemistry, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical sciences.

Professional Memberships

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

American Bar Association, Health Law Section

American Bar Foundation, Fellow

Kentucky Bar Association

Louisville Bar Association

Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)

American Health Lawyers Association

Publications

"An Applicant's Guide To USPTO's Examiner Incentive System," Law360, February 8, 2023

"Decoding the Crypto Brand Super Bowl Commercials," Stites & Harbison Client Alert, February 18, 2022

Personal

University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, 2002

University of Kentucky, B.S., Chemistry, 1997

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

United States Patent and Trademark Office