Dr. Fahim Ashraf Qureshi
Head of Patent Drafting
Prepares the specifications and claims behind the firm's patent filings, drawing on a doctorate in chemistry and more than fifteen years in research and innovation.
Dr. Fahim Ashraf Qureshi heads patent drafting at ALIPA, preparing the specifications and claims behind the firm's patent applications and supporting their filing and prosecution. His scientific training lets him work closely with inventors on chemical and other technical inventions.
He has spent more than fifteen years in research management and innovation. At COMSATS University Islamabad he has served as General Manager and as Registrar, building the university's patent portfolio, filing and managing its IP, training faculty to draft specifications and claims, and handling technology transfer and licensing. He was earlier a patent agent at United Trademark and Patent Services in Lahore and a technical advisor and foreign associate to H.C. Park & Associates, and is now Project Director at the Virtual University of Pakistan.
He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Washington State University, a master's in Chemistry from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a BS in Chemistry from West Virginia University Institute of Technology. Before academia he managed technical product development at Qarshi Industries.
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Education
- PhD in Chemistry, Washington State University, 2002
- MS in Chemistry, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 1999
- BS in Chemistry, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, 1992