Biography
Drew specializes in preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications and preparing non-infringement and invalidity opinions for clients in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. Drew also has extensive experience in international patent portfolio management, patent litigation strategy, and post-grant practice.
Drew has experience in various areas related to chemistry and chemical engineering, including pharmaceuticals, polymers, agricultural chemicals, nonwovens, paints and coatings, oil and gas technology, cosmetics, biofuels, batteries, nanoparticles, inks, fly ash technology, drug delivery systems, adhesives, asphalt formulations, and pulp and paper technology. Drew also counsels clients in the medical device industry related to orthopedic devices, critical care hematology devices, cardiovascular devices, and surgical monitoring.
Drew has lectured on various topics of intellectual property law to international audiences and nationally for continuing legal education credit on topics such as inter partes review (IPR), including IPR’s in pharmaceutical cases, properties and test methods, ranges in patent claims, and patent profanity.
Drew is a frequent participant on international working committees addressing topics such as prior user rights, grace periods, working requirements, post-grant amendment of patent claims, the use of prosecution histories in post-grant proceedings, patentability criteria for inventiveness/non-obviousness, the person of skill in the art, and selection inventions as they relate to inventiveness/non-obviousness.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., Chemical Engineering, with highest honors
University of North Carolina, J.D.
Admissions
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office