Kathleen Williams

Kathleen M. Williams, Ph.D., is a partner in Nutter’s Intellectual Property Department and the chair of the firm’s Life Sciences practice group. She advises clients in the life sciences industry on all aspects of patent law, including patent portfolio creation and management, patentability of inventions and commercialization in view of third-party patents, patent prosecution, and patent life cycle management.

Emerging and mature life sciences companies, research institutions, and investors frequently turn to Kathleen for guidance on patent strategy and complex legal issues surrounding the protection of discoveries in the life sciences. Kathleen has extensive experience in complex patent interferences before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as well as in inter partes reviews (IPRs). She often handles intellectual property due diligence for corporate transactions such as acquisitions, investments, licenses, and initial public offerings.