Valeyko, Nichole

Nichole M. Valeyko is a registered U.S. Patent Attorney and has acted as IP counsel for over 15 years. She is currently a Director in the IP Legal group at Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, New Jersey, where she is the Committee Chair for the Merck Legal Network Diversity Committee and head of the U.S. Patent Practice Committee. Nichole holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Virginia Tech, a law degree from Seton Hall School of Law, and a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins. She is a member of the New York and New Jersey State Bars, and is a registered patent attorney of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Prior to joining Merck, Nichole was in private practice at several IP boutiques based in New Jersey, where she handled prosecution, litigation, and opinion matters. At Merck, she has a broad-based intellectual property practice involving patent prosecution, patent counseling and procurement, transactional matters, and due diligences.