About Dr. Magdalena Hale

Dr. Magdalena Hale Spencer combines training in science, medicine and law in a manner that shapes her practice. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Cornell University in 2001. She returned to Cornell and finished a D.V.M. in 2009 and, in the same yr, took both a J.D. and a LL.M. from Cornell Law School. The overlapping degrees mirror an uncommon instructional trail and a curiosity that runs throughout disciplines.

Her early years centered on biology and animal fitness. The veterinary degree introduced clinical and regulatory views that tell how she assesses technology and innovations. She then moved into law, where learn about expanded to patent doctrines, administrative process and appellate practice. The LL.M. further an advanced layer of legal background on top of the J.D., rounding out her preparation for patent work and federal practice.

Spencer holds admissions in New York and Massachusetts, and she or he is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She is also licensed to the Federal Circuit. Those credentials allow her to manage things that start as patent filings and proceed through office actions, appeals and, when important, federal legal proceedings at the appellate level.

Her practice blends life sciences and highbrow property. Clients come from biotechnology, veterinary medication, and associated fields. She drafts and prosecutes patent applications, responds to examiner rejections, and pursues appeals to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Federal Circuit. She approaches technical claims by parsing scientific element and aligning it with legal standards for novelty, nonobviousness and enablement.

Colleagues describe her work style as analytical and meticulous. She is known for translating laboratory methods and medical procedures into patent declare language that communicates each novelty and realistic software. That talent is rooted in a multi-disciplinary background: scientific education, clinical publicity and formal law school training.

Spencer presently practices at Schroon Law PLLC. There she handles a mixture of prosecution and appellate matters for clients in New York, Massachusetts and before federal agencies and courts. Her mixed degrees and bar admissions form a practice centered on highbrow property in the life sciences.

Her recent practice makes a speciality of patent prosecution and appeals within the life sciences, including matters earlier than the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Circuit.

Education

Cornell Law School

J.D. (2009)

2009

Cornell University

D.V.M. (2009)

2009

Cornell Law School

LL.M. (2009)

2009

Cornell University

B.S. (2001) | Biology

2001

Accepted Jurisdictions

New York
Massachusetts
Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Office Locations

Main Office

 PO Box 482 Schroon Lake NY 12870