Kent (Fan) YANG/杨帆

Head Patents China/高级专利律师

Novartis Pharmaceuticals (China)/诺华制药（中国)

Kent Yang joined Novartis Pharma China as a Patent Attorney in 2012. He is now heading the China Patent Team, providing patent and other IP supports to all local business units and franchises of Novartis Pharma and Novartis Oncology in China. His team’s responsibilities range from patent matters such as patent prosecution, invalidation, infringement, and due diligences, to other IP areas such as technical trade secret disputes, regulatory data protection, name creation and trademarks, copyright, and etc.

Before joining Novartis, Kent was a patent attorney with the Shanghai-based patent firmShanghai Patent and Trademark Law Officefor 7 years.

Kent is a qualified patent agent in China, and holds a bachelor degree in Biology and a master degree in Tumor Pharmacology.

杨帆目前是诺华制药（中国）知识产权团队的一名高级专利律师，主要为中国的心血管-代谢、高血压以及肝炎骨科等事业部，以及部分肿瘤产品提供专利支持。他还承担一些与知识产权相关的其他工作，例如商业秘密、药监法律法规、技术开发部联络等。

杨帆于2012年加入诺华担任专利律师。加入诺华之前，他在上海专利商标事务所任专利代理人7年。

杨帆拥有中国专利代理人资格，并拥有生物学学士学位（复旦大学）、工商管理学士学位（上海交通大学）、以及药理学硕士学位（中国科学院上海药物研究所）。