Genentech legal counsel and vice president, 1976-1988, and entrepreneur
By: Thomas D. Kiley ; with introductions by Rebecca S. Eisenberg and James W. Geriak. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes in 2000 and 2001. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Hughes, Sally Smith.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Program in the History of the Biosciences and Biotechnology.
Published: 2002
Subjects: Genentech, Inc. -- History.; Patent lawyers -- California -- Interviews.; Biotechnology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; Biotechnology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; Biotechnology -- Research -- Law and legislation -- California.; Biotechnology -- Patents -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Genres: Interviews.; Patents
Description: Education in chemical engineering, law; early experiences as patent examiner and patent solicitor; intellectual property trial lawyer, Lyon & Lyon; outside legal counsel to Genentech, 1976-1980; vice president and general counsel, Genentech, 1980-1988: Genentech's IPO, 1980; Diamond v. Chakrabarty Supreme Court case; recombinant DNA; commercialization of biotechnology; intellectual property; research and development clinical partnerships, patenting and licensing; Genentech-University of California legal relationships; Bayh-Dole Act, 1980; Genencor; Geron; Intermune Pharmaceuticals; National Institute of Health-Department of Energy Joint Committee on the Human Genome, 1992; comments on Herb Boyer, Dave Goeddel, Robert Swanson and others.