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Hire Kah Yong T.
United States
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PhD-level Strategic Intellectual Property consultant with nearly a decade of experience at the intersection of regenerat

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Technical Writing
Consulting Legal Consulting
Work Experience

Strategic IP Advisor

Leveragen

September 2025 - Present

Patent Agent

Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics Inc

August 2022 - July 2025

Patent Agent / Technical Specialist

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

July 2019 - January 2021

Research scientist / Research fellow

Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR, Singapore

April 2012 - April 2017

Education

Ph.D

Harvard University

September 2006 - January 2012

B.A, (Hons)

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

October 2002 - April 2005

Certifications
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office

    United States Patent and Trademark Office

    September 2020 - Present

Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kah Yong Tan, Kim Leng Teo, Jessica F.Y. Lim, Allen K.L. Chen, Shaul Reuveny, Steve KW Oh (2015). Serum-free media formulations are cell line–specific and require optimization for microcarrier culture . Cytotherapy.
Kah Yong Tan, Asha Shekaran, Eileen Sim, Shaul Reuveny, Steve Oh(2015). Enhanced osteogenic gene expression in microcarrier-bound scalably expanded fetal bone marrow MSCS . Cytotherapy. 17. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString S73. Elsevier {BV}
Kah Yong Tan, Kim Leng Teo, Allen Chen, Shaul Reuveny, Steve Oh(2015). Optimization of serum-free media cultures to enable microcarrier-based expansion of MSCs . Cytotherapy. 17. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString S75. Elsevier {BV}
Tan, K.Y., Eminli, S., Hettmer, S., Hochedlinger, K., Wagers, A.J.(2011). Efficient generation of iPS cells from skeletal muscle stem cells . PLoS ONE. 6. (10).
Polo, J.M., Liu, S., Figueroa, M.E., Kulalert, W., Eminli, S., Tan, K.Y., Apostolou, E., Stadtfeld, M., Li, Y., Shioda, T., et al.(2010). Cell type of origin influences the molecular and functional properties of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells . Nature Biotechnology. 28. (8). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 848-855.