C. Jason Liang, Ph.D., J.D., Principal Member
C. Jason Liang is a licensed patent attorney in front of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Jason is a patent practitioner with 19 years of experience serving with large pharmaceutical and biotech companies when he worked at Foley and Larder, and with many start-up companies when he worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati. Prior to working in the law firms, Jason has an extensive pharmaceutical experience while he worked at Optimer Pharmaceuticals as a scientist and IP manger until Optimer’s successful IPO. Jason received his Ph.D. from Temple University majored in organic chemistry and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Scripps Research Institute. Dr. Liang provides services on IP related matters such as patent filing strategies, patent prosecution, Freedom to Operate analysis and opinion, patentability analysis and opinion, and patent portfolio management.
Urmi Banerjee, Technical Advisor
Urmi is a technical advisor dedicated to the preparation of patent applications to meet client needs and protect their valuable intellectual property assets.
Prior to her role at LIIP, Urmi spent over 18 years as a scientist at various biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, including Takeda Pharmaceuticals, where she supported multiple drug discovery projects across Neuroscience, diabetes/ metabolic diseases, and cancer therapeutics, and participated in investigational new drug application (IND) document preparation.
Urmi received her Masters in Biology from Burdwan University, India. She is a recipient of a gold medal during her undergraduate studies as the university topper. She has authored multiple peer reviewed publications and presented at various international symposiums.