Dr. Rex Watkins is an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on patent procurement—both domestic and international—for life sciences, physical science, medical device, and mechanical apparatus clients. In addition to patent drafting and prosecution, Rex has experience with freedom-to-operate analyses, validity and infringement opinions, IP due diligence, patent litigation, and licensing.

Dr. Lin practices IP law and focuses on the pharmaceutical, life sciences, and biotech fields.

Hin Au is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the patents and innovations practice. Hin provides IP strategy and counseling services to clients in a wide range of technical fields, including MedTech, digital health, biotech, medical/diagnostic devices, software, robotics, autonomous vehicle technologies, and clean energy. He has assisted many clients with building their patent portfolios and securing key strategic patents. Hin has hands-on engineering industry experience, having previously worked as an R&D engineer for six years at large U.S. semiconductor corporations. A native of Singapore, Hin is also fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.

Kristina Hanson is a partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice primarily focuses on intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical patent matters arising under the Hatch-Waxman Act. She has represented clients in a variety of pharmaceutical matters, from pre-trial strategy counseling through appeals.