Wenrong (Helen) Huang is an associate and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Her practice focuses on counseling and prosecuting patent applications worldwide in the fields of chemical, pharmaceutical, life science, and medical device. Her practice also extends to performing due diligence analyses and rendering opinions relating to patent related issues, such as validity, infringement, inventorship, and freedom to operate. She is a member of the firm’s Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice.

As a research chemist at a leading biopharmaceutical company prior to her legal career, Ms. Huang has many years of industrial experience in designing and synthesizing novel organic molecules as potential drug candidates.