Wansheng Jerry Liu, Ph.D.
Associate
609.844.3037
Jerry concentrates his practice in intellectual property and corporate matters. His practice includes all areas of intellectual property, such as patent drafting and prosecution, trademark and copyright registration, patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions, IP due diligence, and IP litigation, with a particular interest in pharmaceutical patent law (the Hatch-Waxman Act). Jerry’s technical knowledge includes chemistry, pharmaceutical, polymer, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and biomedical materials, and he is also familiar with computer programming and relational database.
Before Fox Rothschild
Upon obtaining a B.S. degree in chemistry and an M.S. degree in polymer science and before coming to the U.S., Jerry worked as an assistant engineer in the technology development department of Yizheng Chemical Fibre Co., Ltd., now a subsidiary of Sinopec, of China.
Upon obtaining his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry with Prof. Sir Derek H. R. Barton (Nobel Prize, 1969) at Texas A&M University, Jerry worked as a postdoctoral research associate with Prof. Lanny S. Liebeskind at Emory University for over two years and then worked as a research investigator/senior research investigator in the pharmaceutical development division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for several years. His research experience includes organic synthesis, radical chemistry, organometallics, transition metal-catalyzed reactions, heterocycles, polymers, and biomedical materials, in particular pharmaceutical process research and development and scale-up of processes in glass plants and pilot plants under the FDA’s cGMP guidelines.
In law school, Jerry participated in the Community Law Clinic and served as a Facilitator in the Minority Student Program tutoring the first-year law students in the Criminal Law class. He was also active in the Rutgers Intellectual Property Law Society and Rutgers International Law Society. Jerry joined Fox Rothschild as a Summer Associate in summer 2007 and then worked as a part time law clerk for one year before becoming a full-time associate with the firm in 2008.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Jerry is involved in numerous community activities, such as serving as a volunteer in various charitable not-for-profit organizations and providing pro bono legal services to indigent clients through the firm’s Pro Bono program. He is currently serving as an Executive Council (EC) member, and the Director of Scholarships Department, of the Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA). He served on the Board of Trustees of Huaxia Edison Chinese School during the 2010-2012 term (as the Chairman of the Board during 2011-2012), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Huaxia Chinese School (Headquarters) during 2011-2012.
Professional Accomplishments
Patents & Patent Applications
Method of Preparation of Azaindole Derivatives
Inventors: Deshpande, P.; Liu, W.; Patel, S. S.; Cuniere, N.; Lear, Y.; Simon, Jeffrey N.; Lai, C.; Pullockaran, A. J.; Soundararajan, N.; Bien, J.
U.S. Application No. 12/546,108, filed on August 24, 2009
Publication No.: 20090312549
December 17, 2009
Method of Preparation of Azaindole Derivatives
Inventors: Liu, W.; Patel, S. S.; Cuniere, N.; Lear, Y.; Deshpande, P.; Simon, Jeffrey N.; Lai, C.; Pullockaran, A. J.; Soundararajan, N.; Bien, J.
U.S. Patent No. 7,598,380
October 6, 2009
Process for Removing Metals from Liquids
Inventor: Liu, W.
U.S. Patent No. 7,300,639
November 27, 2007
Synthesis of 4-Substituted Pyrrole-2-Carboaldehyde Compounds
Inventors: Liebeskind, L. S.; Liu, W.
U.S. Patent No. 6,441,194
August 27, 2002
Honors and Awards
• Awarded the Yilida Prize as an undergraduate.
• During graduate school at Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, Jerry obtained the Excellent M.S. Thesis Award.
• At Texas A&M Univ., Jerry was a member of Phi Lambda Upsilon Honor Society.
• During law school, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the
Rutgers Law Record (2007-2008) and also served on the editorial boards of the
Rutgers Business Law Journal (Business Editor, 2006-2007) and the
Rutgers Conflict Resolution Law Journal (On-line Editor, 2006-2007).