Jon Cousin

Jon Cousin serves as a Partner at Cooley LLP since July 2015, with a focus on developing patent portfolios for pharmaceutical products. Responsibilities include advising clients on portfolio creation, integrating patent and regulatory exclusivities, and strategizing for Orange Book listings. Jon Cousin has extensive experience in conducting patentability, invalidity, freedom-to-operate, and non-infringement analyses, as well as due diligence for fundraisings, public offerings, acquisitions, and dispositions. Prior to this role, Jon Cousin gained valuable experience as In-house Patent Counsel (Intern) at Montana State University, where provisional patent applications were drafted, and prior art was analyzed. Jon Cousin holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry from Montana State University, a Doctor of Law from Ohio Northern University, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Environmental Resource Science from the University of Georgia.