InHouse Patent Counsel

InHouse Patent Counsel is a specialized intellectual property and legal advisory firm focused on biotechnology and life sciences companies. The firm provides on-demand, part-time in-house patent counsel services for start-ups and established biotech companies that need senior IP strategy without hiring a full-time chief patent counsel. Its services include worldwide patent portfolio strategy and management, licensing support, due diligence, freedom-to-operate analysis, litigation management, contracts, trademarks, and copyrights. The company is led by founder Michele Wales, who previously headed litigation and intellectual property at Human Genome Sciences and has a scientific background in human genetics and molecular biology. InHouse Patent Counsel is not a drug developer; it is a commercial professional-services business serving the biotech industry.