Jessamine N. Lee, PhD

Overview

Jas Lee works with clients on IP strategy development and execution, including IP portfolio management, US and foreign patent prosecution, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, IP agreements, and due diligence. She counsels a wide range of clients—from start-ups, academic institutions, and venture capital firms to multinational corporations across multiple divisions and technology areas—on US and international patent issues.

Jas has deep technical experience in the areas most critical to energy, materials, and industrial chemistry clients, including electrochemical devices (lithium batteries), formulation chemistry, materials chemistry, cleantech technologies, nanotechnology, microfabrication, and organic chemistry.

Jas works with clients at every stage to develop and execute IP strategies that align with their business objectives, from building and managing large global portfolios to evaluating and positioning IP through acquisitions, financings, and competitive landscapes. She has served as a judge for the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition for several years and has been a guest lecturer in an entrepreneurship course at Harvard.

Jas performed her doctoral work under the supervision of Professor George Whitesides at Harvard University. Her thesis focused on the design, fabrication, and testing of integrated microfluidic systems for chemical and biochemical assays using soft-lithography, with additional research on solvent interactions with polymer surfaces and self-assembling systems in fluids.

Jas serves as Chair of Wolf Greenfield's Diversity Committee.

Experience

• Developed and managed complex patent portfolios, including owned and licensed-in patents and applications, advising clients through stages of financing, acquisition, and integration with multinational corporations.
• Managed patent prosecution teams for large global corporations spanning multiple divisions and technology areas, coordinating US and foreign prosecution across a broad range of technical fields.
• Evaluated complex patent portfolios and developed strategies to best position clients in worldwide coordinated efforts.
• Coordinated non-infringement and invalidity studies and wrote opinions directed towards client’s competitor’s patents.
• Assisted in large clearance studies and in writing of opinions directed towards a large multinational company’s acquisition of patent portfolios.
• Analyzed patent portfolios as part of due diligence on prospective acquisitions for large clients and venture capitalists.
• Coordinated a freedom-to-operate study on lead drug compounds for a venture capitalist’s prospective investment in a company.
• Organized and helped clients prioritize invention disclosures, aligning IP strategy with business and commercial objectives.
• Prepared and managed IP budgets for clients, including coordinating cost-efficient prosecution strategies across multiple jurisdictions.
• Directed prosecution of patent applications with foreign associates in countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Eurasia (Russia), Europe, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the US.
• Counseled an international non-government organization (NGO) on IP considerations for implementing a prize or grant for developing a technology in the life sciences.

Activities

• Member of the iMatSci (MRS) Planning Committee
• Advisor to the Chemical Angels Network
• Judge for the MIT 100K Competition

Recognition

• Repeatedly named to The Best Lawyers in America®
• Repeatedly named to the list of Massachusetts Rising Stars by Super Lawyers
• Canada’s National Science and Engineering Research Council Post-Graduate Scholarship
• Harvard University’s Glaxo Wellcome Fellowship
• Harvard University’s Entrepreneurial Competition - 2nd place
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s $50K Entrepreneurship Competition - semi-finalist

Interests

Jas enjoys training for triathlons and marathons and being outdoors with her friends and family.