Stephanie Vavra is senior counsel and an intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she manages a docket of cases for clients in the biotechnology, molecular diagnostics, and bioengineering fields. She is involved in the preparation of patent non-infringement and invalidity opinions as well as the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications related to genes, proteins, antibodies, molecular diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, and human and animal food products. Ms. Vavra has extensive experience in the areas of genetics and molecular biology, routinely handling biotechnological, nucleic acid, and protein sequence cases. She also has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications, assisting in patent portfolio management and assisting in patent portfolio evaluation as it relates to licensing and acquisitions in the fields of biotechnology. She is a member of the firm’s Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice.

Prior to joining Foley, Ms. Vavra worked in the biotechnology industry as a research and development scientist, with a focus on eukaryotic expression and molecular diagnostics, and also worked as a patent agent.