Jessamine Lee
Jas Lee assists the firm in patent prosecution, opinion work and due diligence. She works with clients primarily in the areas of microfluidics, biomedical devices, bioreactors, electrochemical devices, nanotechnology, microfabrication, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and pharmaceuticals.
- Developed and managed startup client’s patent portfolio including client’s own and licensed-in patents/applications.
- Evaluated complex patent portfolio and developed strategies to best position a startup client in world-wide coordinated effort.
- Coordinated an invalidity study and wrote an opinion directed towards client’s competitor’s patents.
- Assisted in a large clearance study and in writing an opinion directed towards a large medical device company’s acquisition of a patent portfolio.
- Involved in an analysis of patent portfolios as part of due diligence on prospective acquisitions for a large client and a venture capitalist.
- Organized and helped university and startup clients prioritize invention disclosures.
- Prepared yearly IP budget for startup clients.
Prior to joining the firm, Jas worked as a consultant for two life science start-ups where she was responsible for designing scientific proof of concept experiments, and for the development and implementation of safety programs.
Jas performed her doctoral work under the supervision of Professor George Whitesides at Harvard University. Her doctoral thesis focused on the design, fabrication, and testing of integrated microfluidic systems for chemical and biochemical assays using soft-lithography. She also studied the compatibility of mammalian cells on polymer surfaces, and self-assembling systems in fluids.
Jas has co-authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals.
American Chemical Society
Boston Patent Law Association
Canada’s National Science and Engineering Research Council Post-Graduate Scholarship
Harvard University’s Glaxo Wellcome Fellowship
Harvard University’s Entrepreneurial Competition - 2nd place
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s $50K Entrepreneurship Competition - semi-finalist
Jas is a co-inventor of several pending patents. She is also a certified scuba diver.
McGill University, B.S., Chemistry
Harvard University, A.M., Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Suffolk University Law School, J.D.
Massachusetts
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
