William Lyon

Graduate School:
Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology and Pathogenesis, Washington University in St. Louis

Professional Experience:
Bill Lyon, Ph.D. is a practice group specialist in the Firm's Intellectual Property Group. His focus is on patent prosecution, licensing of intellectual property, litigation support, biotechnology and life sciences. He also has experience working with universities and startup companies.

In particular, he has experience in dealing with intellectual property issues in various biological and medical related areas such as pharmaceuticals, molecular biology, stem cells, nanotechnology, anti-cancer therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices.

Lyon earned his Bachelor of Science in biology from Indiana University in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2000. During his doctoral work, his research was focused on the molecular and biochemical analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes, the causative agent of a number of human diseases such as strep throat, toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis.

Prior to joining Ice Miller, he was an associate director of life sciences at the Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, the organization responsible for managing the intellectual property developed at Indiana University.

Lyon is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Bill Lyon is not licensed to practice law in any state and does not provide legal services.

Professional Associations:
Member, Licensing Executives Society
Member, Association of University Technology Managers

Published In:
Kau AL, Martin SM, Lyon W, Hayes E, Caparon MG, Hultgren SJ. Enterococcus faecalis tropism for the kidneys in the urinary tract of C57BL/6J mice. Infect Immun. 2005 Apr;73(4):2461-8.
Lyon WR, Caparon MG. Role for serine protease HtrA (DegP) of Streptococcus pyogenes in the biogenesis of virulence factors SpeB and the hemolysin streptolysin S.
Infect Immun. 2004 Mar;72(3):1618-25.
Neely MN, Lyon WR, Runft DL, Caparon M. Role of RopB in growth phase expression of the SpeB cysteine protease of Streptococcus pyogenes.
J Bacteriol. 2003 Sep;185(17):5166-74.
Lyon WR, Caparon MG. Trigger factor-mediated prolyl isomerization influences maturation of the Streptococcus pyogenes cysteine protease.
J Bacteriol. 2003 Jun;185(12):3661-7.
Lyon WR, Madden JC, Levin JC, Stein JL, Caparon MG. Mutation of luxS affects growth and virulence factor expression in Streptococcus pyogenes.
Mol Microbiol. 2001 Oct;42(1):145-57.
Lyon WR, Gibson CM, Caparon MG. A role for trigger factor and an rgg-like regulator in the transcription, secretion and processing of the cysteine proteinase of Streptococcus pyogenes. EMBO J. 1998 Nov 2;17(21):6263-75.

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