• Suffolk University Law School, J.D. (expected, 2008);
  Carnegie Mellon University, Ph.D., Biological Sciences;
  Centre College, B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, cum laude.

• Former Technology Specialist and Patent Agent at Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Allyson is a patent agent who focuses her practice on general client counseling and the construction of strategic patent portfolios in cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics. She manages patent prosecution strategy in the U.S. and in foreign jurisdictions, and has experience in ex parte reexamination and appeals proceedings in the U.S.

A Bigger Picture:

Allyson has more than five years of patent prosecution experience. She has drafted and prosecuted patent applications covering technologies including antibodies, biological therapeutics, formulations, single nucleotide polymorphisms, screening assays, bone repair and RNA interference for a variety of clients including pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, small start-ups and academic institutions. Allyson is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Allyson was previously a postdoctoral Fellow of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation in the Department of Cancer Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at the Harvard Medical School. She received her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University where she was a Carnegie Scholar, and her B.S. from Centre College in Danville, KY, where she was a John C. Young Research Scholar. Her research background includes investigations in RNA biology, including intracellular RNA transport, RNA splicing, and RNA kinetics, and she is the author of research articles published in Molecular Cell, Genetics, and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.

In her spare time, Allyson enjoys keeping up with her favorite sports teams, including the Boston Red Sox and Patriots, and the University of Kentucky Wildcats. She also enjoys working on her house, reading, watching movies, playing golf, and spending time with friends and family.