About

Nanda P.B.A. Kumar

J.D., Ph.D.

Patent and life sciences attorney with a background in scientific research.

Dr. Kumar advises companies and research institutions on patents, intellectual property agreements, litigation and trademarks. Before becoming an attorney, he worked as a research scientist and post-doctoral fellow.

He practiced at Reed Smith LLP, where he became a partner in 2007. He later began practicing at the Law Offices of Nanda P.B.A. Kumar, LLC in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Education

J.D., Temple University School of Law, 2000
Ph.D., University of Delhi, 1989
M.Sc., Andhra University, 1982

Admissions

Pennsylvania and New Jersey bars; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Admitted to state courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey.

Scientific background

Research in biology, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology and molecular biology.

Selected activities

Contributing author to Black’s Law Dictionary, Abridged Eighth Edition (2005); recipient of the Pennsylvania Diversity Council’s Leadership Excellence in the Law Award (2014); speaker at patent and life sciences conferences.