Muruganantham Senthilrajan

About Muruganantham Senthilrajan

Muruganantham is an Indian Patent And Trademark Agent with 15 years of experience in India, US, AU, CA, and EP patent prosecution. Director at Metayage. He heads operations at Metayage and heads the firm’s patent practice. He oversees, directs, and organizes the work of the operation team. His areas of core expertise also include strategic IP planning, managing international patent and trademark portfolios, collaboration with external IP and foreign counsels, patent due diligence, response drafting to US/foreign office actions, and drafting patent applications aligned with US, India, AU, CA and EP standards. Additionally, he brings expertise in areas such as infringement analysis, patentability assessments, freedom to operate (FTO) opinions, opposition and invalidity searches, as well as experience in US, AU, CA, EP, and Indian patent prosecution in a variety of technology domains, including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, electrical, electronics, mechanical, software Biomedical, and Chemistry. I have actively contributed to the development of international patent portfolios for various startup companiesSpecialties: • Drafting and filing Provisional/Non-provisional Patent Applications according to Indian, US, AU, CA and European Standards• Patent prosecution in India, US, AU, CA and EP • Drafting response to First Examination Reports / Office actions / European Examination report• Filing PCT applications with WIPO• Filing conventional and national phase application in India• Handling foreign filings in Europe, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Australia, Singapore, China, Japan, South Korea and South Africa• Validity and Invalidity search • Freedom to practice or clearance search • Infringement Analysis

Experience

1. Trademark Attorney

   Metayage

   Oct 2023 — Present · Kerala, IN

Education

• Bharathi Matric Hr Sec School

  HSC, State Board

  2002 — 2004

• WIPO

  DL-101 General Course on Intellectual Property

  2011 — 2011

• Tamil Nadu Open University

  PG Diploma, Intelelectual Property Rights

  2010 — 2011

• Periyar University

  Bachelor's Degree, Biotechnology

  2004 — 2007

• Bharathidasan University

  Master's Degree, Biotechnology

  2007 — 2009

Skills

• Pharmaceutics
• Drug Discovery
• Due Diligence
• Molecular Biology
• Copyright Law
• Patents
• Intellectual Property Valuation
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Patentability
• Biotechnology
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Searching
• Technology Transfer
• Patent Prosecution
• Prosecution
• Freedom to Operate
• Patent Litigation
• Organic Chemistry
• Life Sciences
• Biochemistry
• Patent Applications
• Trademarks
• Intellectual Asset Management
• Legal Writing
• Patent Portfolio Analysis
• Microbiology
• Invention
• Lifesciences
• Licensing
• Commercialization
• Prior Art Search
• Medical Devices