Dr. Brian Novak is a patent lawyer with an advanced degree in analytical chemistry. Brian provides his unique experience to due diligence, freedom-to-operate analysis, portfolio management and counseling, patent prosecution, and developing foreign filing strategies related to small molecules, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, polymers, life science-related technologies, analytical and diagnostic equipment, next-generation sequencing, consumer goods, beverages, foodstuffs, optics, security systems, refuse processing, energy generation, building materials and heavy machinery. He also has experience in design patents. Brian serves clients of all sizes from sole inventors to multinational corporations.
Brian completed his doctoral research in analytical chemistry under Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Rowland and Donald Blake. His thesis focused on techniques using advanced gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and cryogenics to detect disease markers, ultimately identifying markers of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). He has presented on various research topics, including presentations at the American Diabetes Association's Annual Scientific Sessions. He was awarded the Peterson Student Research Bronze Medal by the Diabetes Technology Society and received numerous awards from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Brian is on the boards of the T1D Exchange and Breakthrough T1D’s Orange County Chapter (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Brian previously served on the Executive Council at the University of California, Irvine Diabetes Center and on the Membership Committee of the American Diabetes Association.
