Dr. Swarnalatha is a registered Patent Agent and a Partner at the Chennai office of Krishna & Saurastri Associates LLP. She has over 20 years of Intellectual Property experience. Her practice areas include Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical and Medicinal sciences.
She has prosecuted several patent applications and handled Opposition matters before the Indian Patent Office. She has also worked with Counsels in Appeal matters before the High Courts. Prior to her Patent practice, she has held Lead roles in IP and Licensing Department of a Chemical and Drugs company where she was instrumental in managing the company’s IP portfolio. With her strong research base as well as her extensive experience as a Patent Attorney, she enjoys working directly with inventors to help define their inventions and seek broader protection of their IP. Dr. Swarnalatha’s skills also include patent searching, drafting and providing FTO and patentability analysis.
She earned her Ph. D from the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras and has Post Doctoral research experience from Princeton University, USA.
She also possesses course in Intellectual Property Law from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India. She is an author of several articles in peer reviewed journals.