Quan Nguyen
Entrepreneur in Residence
Quan Nguyen is a Partner at Nguyen Tarbet Intellectual Property Law, representing inventors and organizations with impactful, cutting-edge technologies. Quan has a great passion for the process of commercializing new inventions. He works closely with his clients to build winning patent portfolios and helps identify strategic partners, screen for potential business deals, and analyze market opportunities. Quan is also an active member of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA), Desert Angels, and Life Science Angels, where he leads a number of investment deals.
As a seasoned patent attorney, Quan concentrates his practice in patent procurement, opinion work (patentability and freedom to operate analysis), and intellectual property management of inventions in biotechnology, chemistry, medical devices, microfluidics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence. His clients include publicly traded companies, major corporations, universities, investors, and entrepreneurs. Prior to founding Nguyen Tarbet LLC, Quan was a Partner at Cozen O’Connor, an international law firm based in Philadelphia. Earlier in his career, Quan also worked in-house as an Assistant Director of Patents at Ionis Pharmaceuticals in San Diego, a leader in RNA-targeted therapeutics.
Quan firmly believes in public service and works tirelessly to advance innovation and entrepreneurship. He is an active Member of the College of Science Dean’s Board of Advisors (University of Arizona), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Dean's Leadership Council (University of California, Irvine) and Beall Applied Innovation (University of California Irvine), where he leads various university initiatives to promote innovation through industry partnerships. As Chairman Emeritus of the Advisory Board of the Chemistry and BioChemistry Board of Advisors (University of Arizona), he helped the department develop strategic industry relationships to advance faculty research. Quan regularly speaks at seminars about innovation, technology investments, and trends in patent law.