Angela Lyon, registered patent agent, will be providing an overview of the patent process from the point of view of chemical inventions. Terms such as “patent pending” “freedom-to-operate” and “infringement” will be discussed. She will also be describing her career as a patent agent for a Canadian university, including what a typical day looks like.
Angela Lyon, MSc (Queen’s Chemistry), is a registered patent agent in the Canadian and the U.S. patent offices who works at Queen’s University in Partnerships and Innovation. Angela primarily works on chemical patent applications that are owned by Queen’s University. She has assisted GreenCentre Canada with its patent protection for several years. In the area of green chemistry and CO2, these patents include several by Philip Jessop et al. (https://patents.google.com/patent/US8900444B2/en).
In addition, Queen’s has funding from the government that enables Angela and her colleagues to provide advice and services to local entrepreneurs and startups. As part of this funding, there is a youtube channel that has advice for startup companies including a video of Angela providing advice on intellectual property, entitled “First Things First: Landmines to Avoid When Developing Inventions” click here: WE-CAN: First Things First: Avoiding Landmines When Developing Inventions - YouTube. Angela is originally from the Eastern Townships of Quebec, and now lives in South Frontenac County (ON) with her partner and three sons.