Armbien Sabillo, Ph.D., J.D. (he/him) is Patent Counsel at Neurocrine Biosciences in San Diego, where he is the lead patent attorney for several research programs investigating treatments for neurological and endocrine-related disorders. Armbien’s practice includes intellectual property due diligence, freedom to operate analysis, and global patent prosecution.

Armbien earned his J.D. at Berkeley Law, his Ph.D. in Molecular & Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, and his B.S. in Physiology at San Francisco State University. He was previously a Patent Associate at Cooley LLP in Silicon Valley, and Patent Counsel at Gilead Sciences.

As a queer Pilipino immigrant, Armbien is passionate about serving his communities. He has served on the board of directors of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC) and Community Resources for Science, a science education non-profit. He currently serves on the board of the National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA), and as a youth mentor with San Diego Squared, a STEM non-profit. Armbien is determined to diversify the legal profession as an alumnus of both the NFALA Leadership Academy and Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Program.