Qian Gu
Qian Gu
Dr. Qian Gu is an associate in Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice and is located in the Northern Virginia office.
Biography
Dr. Qian Gu is an associate in Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice and is located in the Northern Virginia office. Dr. Gu assists clients in all stages of patent prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including due diligence, patent strategy, patent portfolio management, opinions, drafting patent applications, responding to office actions, appeals, and post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Dr. Gu is the co-leader for the China region of Pillsbury’s Global Pharma team. Pillsbury’s Global Pharma team includes members with expertise in key practice areas such as health care, intellectual property, litigation involving abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) and Paragraph IV Patent Certifications. More details can be found here.
Dr. Gu has extensive technical experience on semiconductor, nanotechnology, materials science, physics, physical chemistry, MEMS, microfluidics, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, solar cells, lithography, DNA sequencing, biochips and biomaterials.
Prior to joining Pillsbury, Dr. Gu was a patent agent in the Intellectual Property Section of another law firm, where he prosecuted a large portfolio of patent applications for a client in the semiconductor industry. Before that, Dr. Gu was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on a
renewable energy project funded by the Department of Defense and on a joint research program with a major US defense contractor. Dr. Gu also counseled a research subsidiary of a major Japanese conglomerate on their
business strategy and technology research in renewable energy. Dr. Gu’s doctoral research at Harvard University focused on nanomaterials and nanoelectronics, including electronic devices based on single organic molecules and single oxide nanowires. he have done his Ph.D from Harvard University, 2006 and J.D., The George Washington University Law School with honors B.S in Physics, Tsinghua University, 2000
Research Interest
Patents,semiconductor, nanotechnology, materials science, physics, physical chemistry, MEMS, microfluidics, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, solar cells, lithography, DNA sequencing, biochips and biomaterials.
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