Scott McBride, Ph.D., is a partner and registered patent attorney in the Intellectual Property Group. He focuses his practice on domestic and international patent prosecution and enforcement. Scott also provides counseling and opinion work related to freedom-to-operate, non-infringement and patent invalidity.

Scott has over 18 years of legal knowledge related to the patentability of modified natural products, antibodies, diagnostic methods, new chemical entities, pharmaceutical formulations, vaccines, treatment methods, food products, cosmetic products, and animal feed products. Scott's representative clients include university technology transfer offices and companies involved in the development of healthcare and diagnostic products.

In addition to his legal experience, Scott has over ten years of experience as a research scientist, and has co-authored articles in scientific journals including the Journal of Virology, RNA, Molecular Cellular Biology, and Gene.

Scott also is involved in academics and is an Adjunct Professor at Marquette University Law School where he teaches courses in intellectual property law.