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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.S., Cornell University, 1974 - Biology, with distinction Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1980 - Microbiology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Greenlee Sullivan P.C., Boulder, Colorado, 7/87 - 7/88, Patent Assistant; and 7/89 - present, Patent Agent Seed & Berry, Seattle, Washington, 8/88 - 5/89; Biotechnology Patent Assistant Agrigenetics Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, 9/86 - 7/88; Patent Assistant Synergen, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 1982 - 1986; Scientist University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1979 - 1982; Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer

MEMBERSHIPS:
American Society for Microbiology
Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1990
Association of University Technology Managers

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS:
U.S. 20020103370A1; Published 8/1/02; Doherty, Daniel H.; Ferber, Donna M.; Marrelli, John D.; Vanderslice, Rebecca W.; Hassler, Randal A.; Genetic control of acetylation and pyruvylation of xanthan based polysaccharide polymers

U.S. 6,316,614; Issued 11/13/2001; Doherty, Daniel H.; Ferber, Donna M.; Marrelli, John D.; Vanderslice, Rebecca W.; Hassler, Randal A.; Genetic control of acetylation and pyruvylation of xanthan based polysaccharide polymers

U.S. 5,514,791; Issued 5/7/1996; Doherty, Daniel H.; Ferber, Donna M.; Marrelli, John D.; Vanderslice, Rebecca W.; Hassler, Randal A.; Genetic control of acetylation and pyruvylation of xanthan based polysaccharide polymers

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Barrett, J.T., R.H. Croft, D.M. Ferber, C.J. Gerardot, P.V. Schoenlein, and B. Ely, "Genetic mapping with Tn5-derived auxotrophs of Caulobacter crescentus," J. Bacteriol. (1982) 151:888-898

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