Rick Timmer, Ph.D. is a senior patent agent in Thomas Horstemeyer’s patent prosecution group. Dr. Timmer assists clients with managing patent portfolios, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, counseling clients in strategic IP considerations, both in the U.S. and internationally, and with freedom-to-operate analysis and IP due diligence in the areas of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, food technologies, material science, agricultural technologies, biotechnology, textiles and medical devices.
Rick has over 25 years of experience in the chemical and life sciences industries, including patent preparation and prosecution, as well as the management of patent portfolios within biotechnology start-ups companies and senior management positions at biopharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining Thomas Horstemeyer, Rick practiced at IP boutiques and AmLaw200 firms.
Rick has experience managing and prosecuting company patent portfolios, diligence efforts, deal sourcing, and licensing negotiations, both from an in-house position working with outside counsel and from the perspective of a legal practitioner advising clients from within a law firm environment.
He has experience leading research programs in both the academic and industry worlds, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at leading research universities, and leading investment rounds for early-stage biopharma companies. Rick has worked with many prominent universities and research hospitals, and he understands the complex needs and demands of university technology transfer and licensing.
Rick has authored numerous technical publications, including publications in Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nucleic Acids Research, Biochemistry, American Journal of Physiology, and Journal of American Society for Nephrology. In addition to his publication list, Rick has presented at a variety of regional, national and international conferences and meetings, including national meetings of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biophysics Society, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, American Society for Nephrology, American Physiological Society, Banff Winternational Symposium on Membrane Proteins and Disease, Conference of the Membrane Biophysics Subgroup of the Biophysical Society, and International Dictyostelium Meeting. He is also a co-inventor on 14 issued U.S. patents relating to inventions comprising small molecule therapeutic agents.
Articles
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FDA Issues Highly Anticipated Biosimilar Draft Guidance
M.A. Merchant and R.T. Timmer, Pharmaceutical Commerce, 30-31 (May/June 2012)
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New Approaches for Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy: The Endothelium as a Target for Drug Discovery
U. Saxena, R.T. Timmer, S. Pillarisetti, Expert Opin. Ther. Target 5(5), 539-545 (2001)
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Localization of the Urea Transporter UT‐B Protein in Human and Rat Erythrocytes and Tissues
R.T. Timmer, J.D. Klein, S.M. Bagnasco, J.J. Doran, J.W. Verlander, R.B. Gunn, and J.M. Sands, Amer. J. Physiol. 281, C1318-1325 (2001)
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The Molecular Basis for Na‐Dependent Phosphate Transport in Human Erythrocytes and K562 Cells
R.T. Timmer and R.B. Gunn, J. Gen. Physiol. 116, 363-378 (2000)
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Separate entry pathways for phosphate and oxalate in rat brain microsomes
X.J. Meng, R.T. Timmer, R.B. Gunn, and R.F. Abercrombie, Amer. J. Physiol. 278, C1183-1190 (2000)
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Lithium Intoxication
R.T. Timmer and J.M. Sands, J. Amer. Soc. Nephrol. 10, 666-674 (1999)
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UT-A Urea Transporter Protein Expressed in Liver: Upregulation by Uremia
J.D. Klein, P.M. Rouillard, R.T. Timmer, J.L. Bailey, and J.M. Sands, J. Amer. Soc. Nephrol. 10: 2076-2083 (1999)
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Accurate mRNA size determination in Northern analysis using individual lane size markers
J.J. Doran, J.M. Sands, R.T. Timmer, BioTechniques 27, 280-282 (1999)
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Inducible expression of erythrocyte Band3 protein
R.T. Timmer and R.B. Gunn, Amer. J. Physiol. 276, C66-C75 (1999)
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Cloning and characterization of two new isoforms of the rat kidney urea transporter: UT‐A3 and UT‐A4
A. Karakashian, R.T. Timmer, J.D. Klein, R.B. Gunn, J.M. Sands, and S.M. Bagnasco, J. Amer. Soc. Nephrol. 10, 230-237 (1999)
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Phosphate Transport by the Human Renal Cotransporter NaPi-3 Expressed in HEK-293 Cells
R.T. Timmer and R.B. Gunn, Amer. J. Physiol. 274, C757-769 (1998)
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Urea transporters in kidney and erythrocytes
J.M. Sands, R.T. Timmer, R.B. Gunn, Amer. J. Physiol. 273, F321-339 (1997)
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Determination of the Amounts of Protein Synthesis Initiation Factors Required for Translation of Rabbit Alpha-Globin and Beta-Globin mRNAs
R.T. Timmer, L.A. Benkowski, J.M. Ravel, and K.S. Browning, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 210, 370-377 (1995)
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Characterization of wheat germ protein synthesis initiation factor eIF‐4C and comparison of eIF‐4C from wheat germ and rabbit reticulocytes
R.T. Timmer, S.R. Lax, D.L. Hughes, W.C. Merrick, J.M. Ravel, and K.S. Browning, J. Biol. Chem. 268, 24863-24867 (1993)
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The effects of changes in the 5´ and 3´ untranslated regions of satellite tobacco necrosis virus RNA on the requirement for a 5´ cap structure and on translational efficiency
R.T. Timmer, L.A. Benkowski, D. Schodin, S.R. Lax, J.M. Ravel, and K.S. Browning, J. Biol. Chem. 268, 9504-9510 (1993)
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Sequence for the cDNA encoding the cap‐binding subunit of wheat germ eIF‐4F
A.M. Metz, R.T. Timmer, and K.S. Browning, Nucl. Acids Res. 20, 4096 (1993)
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Sequence of a cDNA encoding the α‐subunit of wheat germ translation elongation factor 1
A.M. Metz, R.T. Timmer, M.L. Allen, and K.S. Browning, Gene 120, 315-316 (1992)
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Sequence for two cDNAs encoding Arabidopsis thaliana protein synthesis initiation factor 4A
A.M. Metz, R.T. Timmer, K.S. Browning, Gene 120, 313-314 (1992)
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Isolation and sequence of the cDNAs encoding the subunits of the isozyme form of wheat germ initiation factor 4F
M.L. Allen, A.M. Metz, R.T. Timmer, R.E. Rhoads, and K.S. Browning, J. Biol. Chem 267, 23232-23236 (1992)
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Purification and properties of mitochondrial uracil‐DNA glycosylase from rat liver
J.D. Domena, R.T. Timmer, S.A. Dicharry, and D.W. Mosbaugh, Biochemistry 27, 6742-6751 (1988)