Charles G. Carter is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm's Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice, as well as the firm's Food Industry, Life Sciences Industry and Energy Industry Teams. Dr. Carter's practice focuses in the areas of client counseling, licensing, preparation, and prosecution relating to U.S. and foreign patents in chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and material science technologies. He also advises clients on business and licensing strategies related to intellectual property.
In addition to his legal experience, Dr. Carter has over ten years of experience as a research scientist and manager in industrial and academic settings. His research included work related to biologically active natural products, agricultural chemicals, organic photochemistry, water treatment chemicals, and other specialty chemicals. In conjunction with his research, he has been awarded nearly 50 U.S. patents.
Dr. Carter graduated from the University of Rochester (B.Sc., with honors, chemistry), the University of Oregon (Ph.D., organic chemistry) and the Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude). As part of his experience as a research scientist, Dr. Carter held research fellowships at the Max-Planck Institut Fur Strahlenchemie in Muelheim, Germany, and at Yale University.
Dr. Carter is admitted to practice in Wis., Minn., and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.