Nicole Dunham

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property Law

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling

Medical Device

Healthcare

NewSpace

Retail & Consumer Products

Semiconductor

Life Sciences & Healthcare

Career

Nicole Dunham handles all aspects of patent preparation and prosecution, strategic development of patent portfolios, freedom to operate analysis, patent validity analysis, and other intellectual property due diligence. Known for her strategic insights into her clients’ business, Nicole leads both company-side and investor-side patent-related due diligence, representing venture capital firms, institutional investors, multinational corporations, and emerging companies from incubation through acquisition. She has served as lead IP counsel in securing hundreds of millions in funding for medical device companies and has played a pivotal role in acquisitions exceeding $1 billion.

In the medical tech sector, Nicole counsels clients in a variety of fields. These include neurostimulation and monitoring, metered dose inhalers, auto-injectors, cardiac valve replacement and repair, cardiac pacing, neurovascular devices, orthopedic devices, vascular surgery, otorhinolaryngological systems, gastrointestinal devices, electrosurgical tools, stents, shunts, gynecological devices, therapeutic ultrasound, and ophthalmic devices. She also has significant experience with medical imaging, real-time marker tracking, digital health, and wearables.

Nicole provides strategic patent counseling on a diverse range of technologies, including aerospace, femtech, composable packaging, consumer products, Internet of Things, automated retail systems, augmented and virtual reality, and mobile applications. She has prepared, prosecuted, and analyzed patent applications in various other technical areas, including semiconductor fabrication and design, cleantech, commercial equipment, and other mechanical and electromechanical technologies. She also partners with patent litigation counsel on infringement matters, as well as transactional counsel during corporate financings and mergers and acquisitions transactions associated with tech companies.