Lu Liu, Ph.D.

Patent Agent

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Trained as a chemist, Lu Liu, Ph.D., prepares and prosecutes patent applications related to chemical, pharmaceutical, and material science technologies. She works with clients developing innovations related to new chemical entities, small-molecule and protein therapeutics, catalysts, therapeutic compositions, bioactive materials, polymers, adhesives, wire and cable coating materials, petroleum refining products, bio-based fuels, low carbon renewable fuels as well as insecticides and herbicides formulations.

Prior to her legal career, Lu conducted doctoral research in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. She has vast experience in small molecule synthesis and methodology development. Lu has coauthored research papers, review articles, and book chapters in the areas of transition-metal mediated heterocyclic synthesis, photo-assisted nitrogen-centered radical reactions, and diastereo- and regio-selective fluorination of ene-sulfamates to achieve non-natural fluorinated amino acids.

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Coauthor. "Regioselective Intramolecular Allene Amidation Enabled by an EDA Complex," European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 26, 13783-13787, 2020.
Coauthor. "Mechanistic Aspects and Synthetic Applications of Radical Additions to Allenes," Chemical Reviews, 119, 12422-12490, 2019.
Coauthor. "Allene Aziridination as a Tool for the Synthesis of Complex Amines," chapter in Advances in Transition-Metal Mediated Heterocyclic Synthesis, 231-283, 2018.
Coauthor. "An Enantiotropic Disorder-Partial Order Solid-state Transformation in a Molecular Solid Involving a Phase with Z'=12," Crystal Growth & Design, 17, 5984, 2017.
Coauthor. "Fluorinated Amine Stereotriads via Allene Amination," Organic Letters, 19, 3239, 2017.

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Admissions and Education

Admissions

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

Santa Clara University School of Law: J.D., expected 2026

University of Wisconsin, Madison: Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2019

Northern State University: B.S., English Language and Literature, summa cum laude, 2014

Northern State University: B.S., Chemistry, summa cum laude, 2014

Shanghai University of International Business and Economics: B.A., English Interpretation and Translation, 2011

Lu's Practices

Diligence, Licensing, and Opinions: Due Diligence; Freedom to Operate Opinions
Prosecution and Portfolio Management: Patent Drafting and Prosecution

Lu's Industries

Chemicals, Industrials, and Materials: Chemical
Life Sciences: Biologics; Pharmaceutical