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Carol Nottenburg is a patent lawyer specializing in biotechnology. She migrated to law after a career in science. Her career path took her from undergraduate days at Caltech (B.S. Biology) to graduate work at Stanford University (Ph.D. Genetics), to a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, where she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate, and ultimately to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) in Seattle, Washington, where she joined the faculty of the Clinical Division. For five years, her laboratory studied the causes of poor immune system development in patients who have had bone marrow transplants. Dr. Nottenburg then turned to the pursuit of a career in patent law. After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Puget Sound Law School (now Seattle University Law School), she joined the law firm of Seed and Berry in Seattle, Washington. She took primary responsibility for a number of small biotech company clients, and her practice focused on integrating patent strategies with business strategies. A move to CAMBIA, a nonprofit, private research institute in Australia, allowed her to become involved in policy issues surrounding intellectual property. At the same time that she was responsible for intellectual property matters at CAMBIA, she spearheaded the development of the internet-based Patent Lens Resource (
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