Biography
Drew specializes in preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications and preparing non-infringement and invalidity opinions for clients in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Drew also has extensive experience in post-grant practice.
Drew has experience in various technological areas including polymers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, nonwovens, paints and coatings, oil and gas, cosmetics, biofuels, batteries, nanoparticles, inks, fly ash chemistry, drug delivery systems, genetically modified crops, adhesives, asphalt formulations, and pulp and paper chemistry.
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 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, 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