Matthew S. Bethards

Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, and Life Science Industries
Matt’s experience in the medical device industry is extensive, with particular experience in cardiovascular, oncology, and interventional radiology technologies, orthopedic technologies, biomaterials, and radiation protection systems. More specifically, Matt has experience in vascular access and endovascular technologies, stents and stent delivery systems, grafts, inflation systems, embolics, orthopedic implants, hip replacement and spinal systems and related biomaterials and surgical technologies, dialysis technologies, wound therapy systems, vascular filters and vascular snares, surgical tools, needle systems, biopsy devices, antimicrobial and thromboresistant coatings and polymers, and neurovascular appliances and treatment systems.

In the pharmaceutical industry, clients have come to rely on Matt’s experience with small-molecule pharmaceuticals, drug formulations, hematology dye reagents, and drug delivery technologies such as drug-eluting microspheres, implantable drug-eluting pumps, chemoembolization technologies, aerosolized drug delivery, and transdermal drug delivery devices.

Representative Work

• Currently managing all aspects and strategy of a significant worldwide medical device patent estate covering large product offerings representing over $1 billion per year in revenue
• Developed the patent strategy to obtain patent protection for a $140 million per year Orange Book listed drug delivery technology
• Developed the worldwide patent prosecution and clearance strategies for a $1.4 billion per year Orange Book listed small-molecule pharmaceutical
• Drafted the patents and developed the patent strategy that was central to a $1 billion acquisition for a drug delivery technology

Chemical and Agricultural Industries
Matt has experience with disruptive agricultural technologies such as environmentally friendly superabsorbent polymers used for drought resistance, explosive technologies used in mining and seismic exploration, metathesis catalysts, chemical processing, composite materials, and biological hazard detection.

Representative Work

• Currently managing the strategy of a significant worldwide patent estate for one of the largest worldwide explosives manufacturers
• Currently managing the worldwide patent portfolio for a technology that was the subject of a Nobel Prize for chemistry
• Represented a detergent company in an IP-centric transaction just shy of $1 billion

Renewable Energy Industry
Matt has deep experience in the solar and biofuel technology space including technologies used for the development of electronic-grade silicon, next-generation solar module systems, and cellulosic ethanol production and ethanol production from other non-food biomasses.