With his extensive experience, Isaac offers our clients a competitive advantage in the protection and advancement of their innovations. Isaac’s comprehensive involvement with university Technology Transfer Offices, combined with his passion for guiding inventors and startups from bench to market, makes him your go-to counsel for expertly managing and growing your intellectual property assets, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Following his graduation from the University of New Mexico School of Law, Isaac earned a Master of Science degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. Before joining NGUYEN TARBET IP Law, Isaac spent a decade at a renowned intellectual property boutique in New Mexico, three years managing IP portfolios as a technology licensing manager at the Tech Transfer Office at the University of Miami, and also gained significant proficiency at a leading patent law firm in the Research Triangle in North Carolina.

• Biotechnology
• CAR T
• Antibodies
• Vaccines
• Gene therapy
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Diagnostics
• Transgenic organisms
• Microbiology and molecular biology
• Pulmonary diseases
• Neurodegenerative diseases 
• Dental technologies
• Agricultural biotechnology
• Plants
• Biomimicry
• Medical devices
• Nutraceuticals
• Biofuels

• Johns Hopkins University (M.S., Biotechnology, 2012)
• The University of New Mexico School of Law (J.D., 2008)
• The University of Memphis (B.S., Biological Sciences, 1999, Magna Cum Laude)

• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• State Bar of New Mexico
• United States District Court of the District of New Mexico

• Associate Professor of Management Skills and Tools for Academia & Enterprises, Master of Science degree course at University of Miami, Spring 2020. 
• Presenter: Trademarks and the Internet. University of New Mexico School of Business. October 2006. 
• Lead Article Editor, Natural Resources Journal 2006-2008 
• Giles Southerland Rich I.P. Moot Court 2008
• ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property 2008
• CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in the study of Patent and Trademark law
• WIPO Academy Certificates for Biotechnology and IP, and E-Commerce courses
• 2008 UNM Technology Business Plan Competition 3rd Place Winning Team

Selected Publications: 

Zhang, C, Estrada, I., Contreras, A, Smith, K, Mebratu, Y, Schwalm, K., Leng, S., Belinsky, S., Bruse, S., Chand, H., and Tesfaigzi, Y. “NOXA Interacts with HSP27 To Inhibit NF-ºB-Mediated Inflammation in Cigarette Smokers.”  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 185: A1318 (2012).

Awad, W., Estrada, I., and Hendershot, L. “BiP Interdomain Interactions.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., Vol. 105 no.4 1164-1169 (2008). 

Pierce, J., Rir-Sima-Ah, J., Estrada, I., Wilder, J., Strasser, A., and Tesfaigzi, Y. “Loss of Pro- apoptotic Bim Promotes Accumulation of Pulmonary T Lymphocytes and Enhances Allergen- Induced Goblet Cell Metaplasia.” Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 2006 Nov; 291(5): L862-70. Epub 2006 Jun 16. 

Daheshia, M., Harris, J., Estrada, I., Johnson, N., Eden, J., and Tesfaigzi, Y. “LPS Priming of Pulmonary Epithelium Affects the Response to a Secondary Challenge.” Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (2004) (Poster).