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 Analyst at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco, 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, and is on the board of directors of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC) and Community Resources for Science, a science education non-profit that provides free science lessons to underserved students in Oakland and the greater Bay Area. Armbien is determined to diversify the legal profession as a Fellow of the National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA) Leadership Academy, and as an alumnus of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinder Program.