Qing (Becky) "Becky" Lin

BACKGROUND

Becky specializes in biotechnology and pharmaceutical patents. She works closely with companies in these industries to develop strategic patent protection for their technologies. She helps her clients minimize their patent infringement risks, and facilitates smooth IP-related business transactions. Her expertise includes managing patent portfolios for a variety of technologies such as immunotherapeutics, proteins, nucleic acid isolation and analysis, pharmaceutical compositions, disease diagnosis and treatment, medical devices, and transgenic animals and plants. Additionally, Becky offers patentability, validity, freedom to operate, and non-infringement analyses and opinions in these areas

EXPERIENCE

Becky’s technical background includes 15 years of research and study in biological sciences. She earned a B.S. in Cell Biology at Lanzhou University (China), an M.S. in Plant Physiology at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at the University of Missouri-Columbia where she was awarded a Molecular Biology Fellowship. Becky also worked as a research scientist at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and conducted post-doctoral research in plant signal transduction at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She received her J.D. with Honors at the University of Washington and was an editor for the University of Washington Law Review.

AFFILIATIONS

Becky is admitted to the Washington State Bar and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Washington State Patent Law Association, and the Washington Biomedical and Biotechnology Association.