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California;
US Patent & Trademark Office
Mandarin
12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400, San Diego, CA 92130
858.480.8206
619.744.5460
Dr. Yang provides comprehensive IP strategic counseling to public and private biotechnology, pharmaceutical, digital health and medical device companies. His patent counseling and prosecution experience creates and protects IP assets as primary value propositions for growth enterprises in all stages of business, from proof of concept to clinical development, regulatory approval and product launch. Dr. Yang is also experienced in conducting due diligence in complex venture financings, public offerings, partnering/licensing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Dr. Yang has a global client base, including companies and investors in U.S., Europe, and Asia. After obtaining his B.S. in polymer chemistry and Ph.D. in organic synthesis, Dr. Yang worked as a medicinal chemist in the pharmaceutical industry for more than four years before becoming a patent practitioner in 2006. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and co-leader of Procopio’s Life Sciences practice and its Technology Transactions and Licensing practice.
Novel Therapeutics (Large Molecules and Small Molecules)
Delivery/Formulation
Digital Health
Medical Device
PTAB Proceedings
Transactional IP Due Diligence
“Super-effective patent strategist and wise counsellor Frank Yang protects his clients’ intellectual assets to the hilt and seeks opportunities to put them to business use. Yang has recently been assisting life sciences company Otonomy to obtain crucial patents covering its lead product candidates and clinical programmes in the United States and abroad.” — IAM, describing Frank as an IAM Patent 1000 leader
