Béatrice T. Ngatcha is a lawyer and Patent Agent in Lavery’s Intellectual Property Group. She is a Patent Agent registered to practise in Canada and the United States. She is also a lawyer called to the Ontario Bar and a member of the Quebec Bar (cjc). Béatrice holds a doctoral degree in chemistry from Université Laval and has been a post-doctoral Fellow at the National Research Council in Ottawa. In addition to a busy patent prosecution practice serving Canadian and foreign clients, Beatrice’s expertise in sought in the areas of intellectual property litigation, trade secrets, due diligence, strategy, portfolio value building, licensing and arbitration. Beatrice is a regular speaker on intellectual properties topics at academic and professional conferences.