Taras Manolov

Patent Attorney *

Ukraine Office

Taras handles patent prosecution, enforcement and litigation in Ukraine and other countries in the region, and advises clients on all aspects of patent protection. He has extensive experience in preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications in the fields of medicine, pharmacology, biotechnology and chemistry. Taras also handles the protection of plant breeder’s rights and the admission of plant varieties to national lists.

Taras represents clients from a variety of industries. Notably, he recently provided advice and assistance regarding patent filing and prosecution in Armenia to two well-known consumer goods companies. He also advised on and coordinated plant variety application filing in multiple countries for a multinational plant breeding company.

Prior to joining PETOŠEVIĆ in 2020, Taras worked as a patent expert at Gorodissky and Partners in Kyiv for nine years. Previously, his career in research and academia focused on bacterial pathogenicity, environmental biotechnology and bacterial biosensors, and spanned 13 years. During this time, Taras worked as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and at Lund University in Sweden, and as an engineer at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Taras also worked as a patent liaison for Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Yuria-Pharm.

* Contractor

Practice Areas

Patent Prosecution
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
Patent Litigation and Contentious
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
IP Enforcement and Litigation
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
Strategic Counseling
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
Plant Varieties
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan

Qualifications

Patent Attorney, Ukraine, 2017

Languages

Native Russian, fluent Ukrainian, English and Swedish, basic German

Education

Intellectual Property Institute of the National University of “Odessa Academy of Law”, Kyiv, Ukraine, Specialist Degree in Intellectual Property, 2015
Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, PhD in Medical Microbiology, 2009
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Specialist Degree in Biology and Microbiology, 1998

Publications

“How to Invalidate a Patent in Ukraine – a Quick Guide”, INNOVATE Magazine, AIPLA. (2022)
“Biosensor Monitoring of Microbial Treatment of Wastewater from Nonylphenol Polyethoxylates under Flow-through Conditions”, Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology: 47(9): 844–849. (2011)
“Immune Evasion of Moraxella Catarrhalis Involves Ubiquitous Surface Protein A-Dependent C3d Binding”, The Journal of Immunology: 186(5): 3120-9. (2011)
“Moraxella–Dependent a1-antichymotrypsin Neutralization: A Unique Virulence Mechanism”, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology: 38(5): 609-617. (2008)
“Purification of a1-antichymotrypsin from Human Plasma with Recombinant M. Catarrhalis Ubiquitous Surface Protein A1”, Journal of Immunological Methods: 333: 180-185. (2008)
“Hamlet; A Novel Tool to Identify Apoptotic Pathways in Tumor Cells”, chapter in Application of Apoptosis to Cancer Treatment, M. Sluyser (ed.), Springer. (2005)
“Continuous Acetonitrile Degradation in a Packed-Bed Bioreactor”, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 66(5): 567-574. (2005)
“Bacteria-Degraders as the Base of an Amperometric Biosensor for Detection of Anionic Surfactants”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics: 17(8): 635-640. (2002)

Membership

INTA, AIPLA

Testimonials

Biologist Taras Manolov […] has substantial experience in patent prosecution and litigation both in Ukraine and abroad. He uses his extensive technical background to masterfully prosecute patent applications in the medical and biotechnology fields. IAM Patent 1000, 2023
Taras Manolov joined the firm in 2020, following nine years as a patent expert at Gorodissky. A talented biologist, his CV also includes time spent as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and as a patent liaison for Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Yuria-Pharm. IAM Patent 1000, 2022
Patent attorney Taras Manolov joined the firm in 2020. He has a stellar academic record in the field of biology – including time spent as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin and at Lund University in Sweden – which he draws upon judiciously to meet the prosecution needs of a range of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. IAM Patent 1000, 2021