Gene Yao represents biotech, chemical and pharmaceutical companies in international intellectual property law and regulatory matters. With in-house experience as patent counsel for a major pharmaceutical company, Gene brings an innate understanding of the multifaceted challenges clients face in enforcing their patents on a global scale.

Gene’s practice encompasses all aspects of IP law, including domestic and international patent preparation and prosecution, patent enforcement and litigation, counseling, opinion rendering, due diligence, post-grant patent practice, IP licensing, agreement work and patent portfolio management.

Credentials

Education

  • Dartmouth College, B.A. , molecular biology and biochemistry
  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • New York
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