Professionals

Practice Areas

Technologies

  • Aerospace & Aeronautics
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Energy
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgy & Ceramics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optics
  • Pharmaceuticals & Pharmaceutical Formulation
  • Polymer & Materials Science
  • Semiconductor Devices & Processing Methods

Honors

  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Biotechnology Law, 2015
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Patent Drafting and Prosecution, 2014
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy II, 2013
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy I, 2012
  • Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-2011, 2009-2010
  • Oral presentation award, “N-formylkynurenine in photosystem II and its function in photoprotection,” Midwest/ Southeast Photosynthesis Conference, 2010
  • School of Chemistry and Biochemistry nomination, Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) scholarship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
  • Integrative BioSystems Institute (IBSI) Collaborative Graduate Student Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-2010, 2008-2009
  • Oral presentation award, Best second year seminar in chemistry and biochemistry, “Antibody- mediated therapy for prion diseases,” Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
  • Cherry Emerson Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-2007
  • Hope Scholarship, The University of Georgia, 2001-2004

Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2013
  • State of Georgia, 2016

Education

Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2012-2015

The Georgia Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2012

The University of Georgia, B.S., Biology, summa cum laude, 2004

Teaching Positions

  • Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology: Organic Synthesis Laboratory, 2012
  • Survey of Biochemistry, 2012
  • Survey of Organic Chemistry, 2012
  • Biochemistry I, 2012
  • Survey of Biochemistry, 2010
  • Biophysical Chemistry, 2008
  • Organic Chemistry I, 2006
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Tina Dorr, Ph.D.

Counsel
Atlanta
404.607.9991
Email

Tina Dorr represents clients working in chemical, life science, semiconductor, and material research.  Tina drafts and prosecutes U.S. patent applications, as well as manages and directs prosecution of foreign patent portfolios.  Tina performs searches, provides invalidity, infringement/non-infringement, patentability, and freedom to operate opinions, and counsels clients to develop effective patent protection worldwide.  Tina also provides technical support and opinions to Cantor Colburn’s Litigation Department in Abbreviated New Drug Application litigation.  Prior to joining Cantor Colburn, Tina completed her doctoral thesis on enzyme catalysis, membrane protein structure, and redox chemistry.  During her tenure at Georgia Institute of Technology, she mentored graduate and undergraduate researchers in biochemical and biophysical method development, with applications in the study of enzyme function.  Tina also worked as Teaching Assistant, where she lead and lectured courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Experience Highlights

Counsel, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2019-present

Associate, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2016-2018

Patent Agent, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2013-2016

Technical Advisor, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2012-2013

Research Assistant, The Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-2012

Undergraduate Research Assistant, The University of Georgia, 2003-2004

Publications

  • Screening for two-dimensional crystals by transmission electron microscopy of negatively stained samples.  Dreaden, T., Metcalfe, M., Kim, L.Y., Johnson, M.C., Barry, B.A. and Schmidt-Krey, I. (2012) Methods Mol. Biol. 955, 73-101.
  • Two-dimensional crystallization of membrane proteins by detergent removal through dialysis. Johnson, M.C., Dreaden, T.,Kim, L.Y., Rudolph, F., Barry, B.A., and Schmidt-Krey, I. (2012) Methods Mol. Biol. 955, 31-58.
  • Structure function insights on membrane and soluble proteins revealed by electron crystallography. Dreaden, T.,Devarajan, B., Barry, B.A., and Schmidt-Krey, I. (2012) Methods Mol. Biol. 955, 519-526.
  • Photosynthetic oxygen evolution: Signaling role for N-formylkynurenine in high light-induced repair. Dreaden, T. and Barry, B. A. (2012) Photosynthesis Research 114, 97-110.
  • Oxidative stress, N-formylkynurenine, and oxygenic photosynthesis. Dreaden, T., Rexroth, S., and Barry, B. A. (2012) Plos ONE 7 (7), e42220.
  • N-formylkynurenine as a marker of high light stress in photosynthesis. Dreaden, T., Chen, J., Rexroth, S., and Barry, B. A. (2011) J. Biol. Chem. 286, 22632-22641.
  • Assessing two-dimensional crystallization trials of small membrane proteins for structural biology studies by electron crystallography. Zhao, G.*, Rudolph, F.*, Dreaden, T.,*, Johnson, M. C.*, Barry, B. A., and Schmidt-Krey, I. *Equal contribution (2010) J. Vis. Exp. 44, J. Vis. Exp. 44.
  • Two-dimensional crystallization of membrane protein complexes for structure-function studies by electron crystallography. Dreaden, T., Johnson, M. C., Barquera, B., Barry, B. A. Schmidt-Krey, I. (2010) In Microscopy: Science, Technology, Applications and Education. eds. Méndez-Vilas, A. and Díaz, J.. 337-346.
  • Pectin induces apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells: Correlation of apoptotic function with pectin structure. Jackson, C. L., Dreaden, T., Theobald, L. K., Tran, N. M., Beal, T. L., Eid, M., Gao, M. Y., Shirley, R. B., Stoffel, M. T., Kumar, M. V., and Mohnen, D. (2007) Glycobiol.17, 805-819.

News

Events

  • Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association Gala 2019
    May 30, 2019
    Atlanta
  • 2019 GAPABA New Partners & Counsel Luncheon
    April 17, 2019
    Atlanta

    Tina Dorr, Ph.D. will be honored at the 2019 GAPABA (Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association) New Partners and Counsel Luncheon on April 17, 2019 in Atlanta.

  • GIPA Corporate IP Roundtable
    March 26, 2019
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Cantor Colburn attorneys Tina Dorr, Ph.D., Esq. and Daniel Mitchell will attend the Georgia Intellectual Property Association (GIPA) Corporate IP Roundtable®. Leslie Slavich, General Counsel for Spanx, Inc., will give the keynote speech.

  • IPOwners Spring Summit 2019
    March 6, 2019
    Austin, Texas

    Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner, and Tina Dorr, Ph.D., Esq., Counsel and member of the IPO U.S. Patent Office Practice Committee and IPO Women in IP Law Committee, will attend the IP Owners Spring Summit in Austin, Texas on March 6-7, 2019.  

  • 7th Annual IP Gala
    February 22, 2019
    Atlanta

    Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the Georgia Bar's 7th Annual IP Gala, presented by its IP Section, taking place on Friday, February 22 at the Georgia Aquarium.

  • 2018 Intellectual Property Law Section Holiday Party
    December 6, 2018
    Atlanta, Georgia

    The IP Section of the State Bar of Georgia will meet for its annual IP Holiday Party on December 6, 2018 at the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta. The IP Section will be collecting donations to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

  • The Annual Corporate IP Institute®
    October 22, 2018
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Cantor Colburn, a Premier Sponsor of the Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property Program, is pleased to support The Annual Corporate IP Institute®, presented by the university's College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, and the Atlanta Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section. This collaboration is for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.  The annual two-day annual event is held at the Georgia State University Student Center, October 22-23, 2018.

  • UConn National Series Featuring President Susan Herbst
    November 5, 2015
    Atlanta, Georgia
  • From the Bench to the Bar: Patent Law Careers for Scientists
    April 16, 2014
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

    Cantor Colburn patent agent Tina Dorr, Ph.D., presented “From the Bench to the Bar: Patent Law Careers for Scientists” to biology and computer science Ph.D. students at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia on April 16, 2014. Dr. Dorr's Ph.D. in chemistry and biochemistry is from Georgia Tech, where she was formerly a research assistant.

  • “N-formylkynurenine, photoinhibition, and D1 polypeptide turnover in photosystem II,” Midwest/ Southeast Photosynthesis Conference, Marshall, Indiana, 2011
  • “N-formylkynurenine in photosystem II: A proposed function in photoprotection,” Molecular Biophysics Research Review, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011
  • “N-formylkynurenine in photosystem II and its function in photoprotection,” Midwest/ Southeast Photosynthesis Conference, Marshall, Indiana, 2010 
  • “Preliminary 2D crystallization studies of spinach PSII,” Electron Crystallography Workshop, Basel, Switzerland, 2010
  • “2-Dimensional crystallization of photosystem II in spinach,” NanoBiology of Macromolecular Assembly Disorders Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
  • “Structural studies of photosystem II: Electron crystallography and characterization of a novel chromophore,” National Science Foundation sponsored C.I.B.E.R. Exchange Program, Covilha, Portugal, 2009
  • “Antibody- mediated therapy for prion diseases,” School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Second Year Seminar, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007

Professional Affiliations

Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

  • U.S. Patent Office Practice Committee
  • Secretary, Women in IP Law Committee

The American Chemical Society

Georgia Tech Women Alumnae Network

Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association

  • Women’s Leadership Network Committee