Raj Bawa
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology Department
Advisor/Patent Agent, Office of Technology Commercialization
Education and Training
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Contact
E-mail: bawabio@aol.com; rbawa@nvcc.edu
Tel: (703) 582-1745; (703) 723-0034
Fax: (571) 223-1844
Websites: http://www.nvcc.edu/home/rbawa/
http://www.marquiswhoswho.net/rajbawa/
Office: Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, 21005 Starflower Way, Ashburn, VA 20147
Office: Mots Law PLLC, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 600 South, Washington, DC 20004
Office: Biology Department, C/O Dr. Boylen, MRC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180
Office: The Extended Learning Institute, NVCC, 8000 Forbes Place, Springfield, VA, 22151
Biography
Dr. Raj Bawa, a biochemist and microbiologist, is President of Bawa Biotechnology Consulting LLC, a biotechnology and patent law firm founded in 2002 and based in Ashburn, Virginia. He is a registered patent agent licensed to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and specializes in all aspects of biotechnology, nanotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law, including prosecution, patent strategy, application drafting, prior art searching, freedom-to-operate searching and technology research opinions. Dr. Bawa has over fifteen years of patent experience. He has been a researcher for more than twenty years. Since 2002, Dr. Bawa has served as a technology and patent consultant to national and international biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Currently, Dr. Bawa is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, where since 1998, he has lectured in numerous courses, including biotechnology, HIV/AIDS, microbiology, immunology and biodefense. He is also an Advisor/Patent Agent to the Office of Technology Commercialization at Rensselaer. Additionally, since 2003, he has been an Adjunct Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences at the Extended Learning Institute of Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. Since 2007, he has been Director of Nanotechnology at Mots Law PLLC, an intellectual property law firm in Washington, DC. Previously he held various positions at the PTO, including Primary Examiner (6 years), Supervisory Patent Examiner (acting), and Instructor at the US Patent Academy. Dr. Bawa has served as a NIH grant reviewer, participated in NSF’s merit review process and reviewed classified grant proposals from the Science Centers Program of the US Department of State. He is the author of over 50 scientific, legal and business publications. He is a Life Member of Sigma Xi, a Fellow and Board Member of the American Academy of Nanomedicine, and serves on the Global Advisory Council of the World Future Society. Presently, he serves on the editorial boards of the peer-reviewed journals, International Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology Law and Business. He is an Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed journal, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. He is co-editor of the textbook titled Nanotechnology Law to be published in 2008 by American Law Media. His biographical record appears in Marquis Who’s Who in America (2007) and Marquis Who's Who in the World (2008). Some of Dr. Bawa’s awards include: Talbot Travel Award of the US Biophysical Society (1988); Research Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship from Rensselaer (1985-90); Appreciation Award from the Under Secretary of Commerce, US Department of Commerce (2001); Service Recognition from the American Society for Microbiology (2006); Director’s Award (2001) and Key Award (2005) from Rensselaer’s Office of Alumni Relations.
Selected Publications
Bawa, R. and M. Haymann. (2008). Solid biodegradable nanoparticles for drug delivery. International Journal of Nanomedicine (in press)
Bawa, R. and S. Johnson. (2008). Emerging issues in nanomedicine and ethics. In: F. Allhoff and P. Lin (editors), Nanotechnology & Society: Current and Emerging Ethical Issues, Springer, Dordrecht (in press)
Bawa, R. (2008). Nanotechnology patent proliferation and the crisis at the US Patent Office. Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 17(3) (in press)
Bawa, R. (2008). Patenting inventions in bionanotechnology: A primer for scientists and lawyers. In: D. E. Reisner and J. D. Bronzino (editors). Bionanotechnology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (in press)
Stegemann J. and R. Bawa. (2008). Stem cell technology and applications in medicine. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine (in prep.)
Morrow, K.J., R. Bawa, and C. Wei. (2007). Recent advances in basic and clinical nanomedicine. The Medical Clinics of North America 91(5):805-843.
Bawa, R. (2007). Special Report - Patents and nanomedicine. Nanomedicine 2(3):351-374.
Bawa, R. (2007). Pharma MedDevice 2007: Issues in nanodrug delivery and personalized medicine. Investigational Drugs 10(7):455-458.
Harris, D. and R. Bawa. (2007). The carbon nanotube patent landscape in nanomedicine: an expert opinion. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents 17(9):1165-1174.
Bawa, R. and S. Johnson. (2007). The ethical dimensions of nanomedicine. The Medical Clinics of North America 91(5):881–887.
O’Neill, S., K. Hermann, M. Klein, J. Landes and R. Bawa. (2007). Broad claiming in nanotechnology patents: Is litigation inevitable? Nanotechnology Law and Business 4(1):595-606.
Bawa, R., S. R. Bawa, S. B. Maebius and C. Iyer. (2006). Bionanotechnology patents: challenges and opportunities. In: J. D. Bronzino (editor). The Biomedical Engineering Handbook. 3rd edition, Tissue Engineering and Artificial Organs, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL; pages 29-1 to 29-16.
Bawa, R. (2005). Patenting nanomedicine: a catalyst for commercialization? Small Times 5(8):16.
Bawa, R. (2005). Editorial Commentary - Will the nanomedicine “patent land grab” thwart commercialization? Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 1:346-350.
D. Harris, J. Miller, R. Bawa, J. T. Cleveland, and S. O’Neill. (2004). Strategies for resolving patent disputes over nanoparticle drug delivery systems. Nanotechnology Law and Business 1(4):101-118.
Bawa, R. (2004). Nanotechnology patenting in the U.S. Nanotechnology Law and Business 1(1):31-50.
Bawa, R. (2001). Patenting HIV/AIDS Inventions. USPTO Today 2(11/12):20-23.
