Hayan provides comprehensive patent guidance to her clients, specializing in advising emerging growth and publicly traded life science companies and venture capital firms on various aspects of strategic intellectual property and patent counseling.
Hayan has an in-depth grasp of the life sciences industry and corporate goals. She leverages her significant scientific and legal experience in life sciences to counsel clients related to U.S. and foreign patent prosecution and management, patent strategy, IP diligence pre-litigation assessment, post-issuance proceeding, and validity and infringement opinions. She has extensive experience in assessing competitive IP landscapes and complex IP assets and advising strategies for improving IP assets while mitigating risks.
Before her legal career, Hayan was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, and a researcher at a gene therapy company. She maintains her passion for life sciences while providing counsel to her clients in the life science industry.
Hayan's representative experience includes IP diligence in the following deals:
Hayan's representative experience includes IP diligence in the following deals:
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2023
Recognized as a Rising Star for Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
2018
Named Hayan to "Next Generation Women Leaders in Tech Law" list which recognizes lawyers who have shown promise as leaders in law and technology
2022-2023
Recognized as a Rising Star for Intellectual Property