Time: November 13th, Sunday, 11 AM-12 PM PST

Location: Kennedy Commons (Address: 12 Comstock Cir., Stanford, CA 94305)

Format: Hybrid (in person + Zoom)

Come join us in person and meet Dr. Sun-Hoffman!!!!!!!!!! FREE TICKETS!!

Have you considered patent lawyer as a career?

This time we invited Dr. Sun-Hoffman, an experienced patent attorney on innovative life sciences, to share her journey from life-science research to a patent lawyer. Whether you are actively thinking about a career switch or are just curious about a career in patent law, come join us on November 13th to learn more about it!

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Sun-Hoffman is a founding partner in Liu, Zheng, Chen & Hoffman LLP. She is a patent attorney with 20-year experience focused on innovative life sciences. Dr. Sun-Hoffman has deep knowledge in all aspects of patent practices, ranging from policy, patent preparation and prosecution, due diligence, and opinion work, through licensing and technology transfer negotiation. Before making her career transition, she has over ten years of biomedical research experience including several years as a postdoctoral research fellow with several publications at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Frederick and Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Sun-Hoffman’s diverse background has prepared her to tackle the toughest challenges facing innovative life sciences companies today, starting with her time as a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She left USPTO to serve as managing patent counsel at Celera Genomics before joining the Life Technologies Corporation (formerly Applied Biosystems, now ThermoFisher). She is a frequent speaker in China, the US, and Europe, including participation at the invitation of USPTO to speak at SIPO and WIPO Conferences.

Dr. Sun-Hoffman obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Nevada Reno (Nevada, U.S.), J.D., from the University of Maryland School of Law (Maryland, U.S.), and B.S. in Biology, East China Normal University (Shanghai, China).

Dr. Sun-Hoffman obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Nevada Reno (Nevada, U.S.), J.D., from University of Maryland School of Law (Maryland, U.S.) and B.S. in Biology, East China Normal University (Shanghai, China).

[The event will be recorded. BATBA members will receive an email with the event recording. ]

From Life Science to Patent Attorney