Rong Yang is a passionate patent practitioner successfully serving the pharmaceutical, agricultural and biotech industries for more than 15 years. Dr. Yang not only works on patent matters, but also has considerable experience in formulating patent strategies in light of product regulations such as those related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Europe Medicines Agency (EMA) and Europe Environment Agency (EEA). Her expertise in several areas enables her to design and deliver effective and robust patent portfolios to support product life cycle management, protecting agricultural and drug products and their line extensions. Additionally, she has hands-on experience in competitive intelligence and patent due diligence and has provided opinions related to patentability, freedom to operate, patent validity and technology evaluation.