Jolene S. Fernandes, J.D., Ph.D., is an associate and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Dr. Fernandes works with clients on various intellectual property matters, including prior art searching and patentability assessment, drafting patent applications, the prosecution of U.S. and foreign patents, client suite due diligence, IP strategy and portfolio management, and drafting invalidity and non-infringement opinions. Her technical experience includes molecular diagnostics encompassing next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based platforms, biological therapeutics, including antibodies, peptides, chimeric proteins, and stem cells, nutraceuticals, nanocarrier drug delivery systems, and biological applications of microfluidics, including ophthalmic disease discrimination, and high throughput screening methods. She is a member of the Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice.