Dr. William Kim is an experienced intellectual property lawyer who focuses his practice on patent litigation, US and foreign patent prosecution and client counseling for patent matters. Since joining WilmerHale in 2002, Dr. Kim has successfully represented a wide range of life science clients, including those in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, diagnostic, bioenergy and academic fields. Over the course of his career, he has advised on many aspects of intellectual property and has represented clients in patent litigation in Federal Courts and in patent prosecution, reexamination and interference proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Dr. Kim's patent practice includes US and foreign patent prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, patentability assessment, diligence and competitive intelligence, post-grant proceedings, patent interference and litigation.

Dr. Kim has worked on a wide range of technologies, including therapeutic antibodies, small molecule drugs, sequencing technologies, oncolytic viruses, genetic and cellular diagnostics, recombinant vaccines, stem cell technologies, siRNA, engineered microorganisms for clean-energy applications, nutraceuticals and three-dimensional tissue systems.