Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Wen Liao, Ph.D., to the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group.
Liao draws on her extensive engineering background to assist clients in safeguarding their intellectual property assets. She drafts patent applications and responds to office actions on a wide range of technologies, including medical devices, batteries, AI robotics, mechanical components, polymers and biomedical materials. She conducts prior art searches, analyzes the patentability of inventions, and coordinates with foreign associates to oversee the foreign prosecution of patents.
Liao is also experienced in trademark and licensing law, including the drafting of trademark and copyright licensing agreements and the preparation of cease-and-desist letters and assignment agreements.
Prior to joining Armstrong Teasdale, Liao was an associate at an Indianapolis law firm focused on intellectual property law. Before going to law school, she earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, where her research focused on advancing nanotechnology and semiconductors in electronic devices.
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