Freedom to Operate and Patent Due Diligence for Biotech

生物技术自由实施（FTO）与专利尽职调查

Before you commit to a program, a license or an acquisition, you need to know whose patents stand in the way and what your own portfolio is worth. I provide freedom-to-operate, invalidity and due diligence analysis for companies developing biologics, cell and gene therapies, nucleic acid therapeutics, vaccines, small molecules and drug formulations.

在投入研发项目、签订许可或进行收购之前，您需要了解哪些他人专利构成障碍，以及自身专利组合的价值。我为开发生物制品、细胞与基因疗法、核酸疗法、疫苗、小分子及药物制剂的企业提供自由实施、无效性及尽职调查分析。

Freedom-to-operate analysis

自由实施分析

I search and review the third-party patents that read on your product or process, construe the claims, and give you a clear assessment of risk. Where a patent is a problem, I lay out the options: design-around, invalidity, licensing or waiting out the term.

我检索并审查可能涵盖您产品或工艺的第三方专利，解释权利要求，并清晰评估风险。当某项专利构成问题时，我会列出可行方案：规避设计、无效挑战、许可或等待专利到期。

Invalidity and patentability opinions

无效性与可专利性意见

When a competitor's patent blocks your path, I analyze the prior art and prosecution history to assess invalidity. That analysis can support an inter partes review petition or litigation counsel. Before you file, a patentability search tells you what claims are realistic.

当竞争对手的专利阻碍您的发展时，我会分析现有技术和审查历史以评估其无效性。该分析可支持多方复审（IPR）请求或诉讼律师的工作。在提交申请之前，可专利性检索能告诉您哪些权利要求切合实际。

Portfolio due diligence for transactions

交易中的专利组合尽职调查

I have led patent due diligence on transactions valued up to $900 million. For investors, acquirers and licensing partners I review ownership and chain of title, claim scope against the product, validity risks, remaining term and third-party encumbrances, and report findings in terms your deal team can act on.

我曾主导交易金额高达 9 亿美元的专利尽职调查。对于投资人、收购方和许可合作方，我会审查权属与权利链、权利要求与产品的对应范围、有效性风险、剩余保护期及第三方权利负担，并以交易团队可直接采用的方式报告结论。

One attorney, start to finish

一位律师，全程负责

I am a registered U.S. patent attorney and biochemist with over 20 years of federal practice, serving clients in Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks and nationwide. The attorney who reads your data is the one who writes the opinion, with no handoffs.

我是美国注册专利律师，具有生物化学背景，拥有逾 20 年联邦执业经验，服务西湖村、千橡市及全美客户。审阅您数据的律师，就是撰写意见书的律师，中间没有转手。

Discuss your program. Response within one business day.

与我讨论您的项目，一个工作日内回复。