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Bill Kezer
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Band 3
About
Provided by Bill Kezer
Practice Areas
Bill has a business-savvy, product-driven approach to patent prosecution. He provides clients with strategic advice on patent portfolio development, conducts due diligence reviews of targeted companies and technology, and handles comparative evaluations of competitive patented technologies. Bill also procures global patent protection for pharmaceutical inventions. His experience includes serving as in-house patent counselor for a life sciences company and working as a senior research scientist for two global chemical companies. Prior to pursing his law degree, Bill earned a PhD in organic chemistry from UC Berkeley.
- Patent Prosecution & Strategic Counseling
- Patent Prosecution
- Patent Portfolio Strategy
- Patent Opinions
- IP Due Diligence
Career
- IAM Patent 1000 World's Leading Patent Practitioners (2013 - 2017, 2019 - 2020)
- Northern California Super Lawyers: Intellectual Property list (2013, 2014)
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