Professionals
Practice Areas
- Patents
- Foreign & PCT Patent Filing
- Utility, Design, and Plant Patent Filing with the USPTO
- Product Clearance
- IP Transactional
- Licensing
- Technology Transfer
- Transfers, Mergers, Acquisitions, Bankruptcies and Securitizations
- Opinions
- Invalidity Opinions
- Non-infringement Opinions
- Patentability Opinions
- Right to Practice Opinions
- Strategic IP Portfolio Development and Management
- Trade Secrets
- Patent Landscaping and Risk Analysis
Technologies
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Pharmaceuticals & Pharmaceutical Formulation
- Polymer & Materials Science
- Semiconductor Devices & Processing Methods
Honors
- Top Corporate Counsel, Class of 2015, dbusiness
Admissions
- Michigan State Bar, 1998
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1994
Education
The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., 1993
- Order of the Coif
- Law Review
Michigan State University, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1988
- Honors College
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
- Society of Women Engineers Top Female Engineering Student
- Alumni Distinguished Scholarship
- National Merit
Susan Zerull joined Cantor Colburn after 25 years as in-house counsel at The Dow Chemical Company, Imation, and 3M. Her practice concentrates on patent procurement, developing intellectual property strategies, and complex intellectual property transactions. She brings a pragmatic, business focused, and global view to her practice. Susan’s technical areas of expertise include polymers, electronic materials and devices, photovoltaics, solar modules, small molecules, chemical formulations, chemical processes, and pharmaceuticals.
Experience Highlights
Counsel, Cantor Colburn, 2018-present
Managing Counsel, IP Law, The Dow Chemical Company, 1998-2018
Patent Attorney, Imation, 1996-1998
Patent Attorney, 3M, 1993-1996
Research Engineer, The Dow Chemical Company, 1988-1990
News
- December 3, 2018
Cantor Colburn LLP announces the addition of attorneys to its patent practice. Susan M. Zerull, Christopher J. Cillié and Ishir Mehta will assist clients across a wide range of sophisticated technologies, as reflected by their diverse backgrounds in biology, chemical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.
Professional Affiliations
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
