Phoebe Yiu is a registered patent agent who focuses on drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the biological sciences. She also assists in global patent portfolio management, freedom-to-operate analysis, patentability assessments, patent application drafting, office action responses, and intellectual property due diligence. Phoebe’s practice covers a broad range of subjects including immunology, mRNA, vaccines, antibodies, immunoconjugates, cell therapies, gene therapies, ASOs, and siRNA.
Phoebe has more than ten years of hands-on research experience in immunology and more than three years of high-stakes patent prosecution. She bridges the gap between complex research and development and intellectual property law, with a proven ability to translate cutting-edge biotechnologies into robust, defensible patent portfolios.
Prior to joining the firm, Phoebe was a patent technical advisor and then a patent agent in the Seattle, Washington office of an international law firm where she served clients in the areas of patent prosecution and patent counseling including assessing new inventions, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, performing IP due diligence for corporate transactions, and conducting freedom-to-operate and landscape searches.
Before launching her legal career, Phoebe completed her Ph.D. at Stanford University where she designed and executed independent research projects investigating CD47 in B-cell biology and genetic polymorphisms in the SIRPA gene.
Chemicals: Industrial Chemistry & Materials and Material Science
Life Sciences: Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals & Bioinformatics
Stanford University Ph.D., Immunology (2022) National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
University of California at San Diego B.S., Biochemistry and Cell Biology (2012)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2023)
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