Kanchan Rasal is a registered Patent Attorney of the Patent Office of the Govt of India. She specializes in the field of life sciences including Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, etc. She completed her Master's degree in Biotechnology from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra (India) in year the 2010 and holds a Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights and Laws from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra (India). Further, she has pursued distance learning programmes on Intellectual Property from the World Intellectual Property Organisation and NPTEL. She started her career in research and further established herself as a Patent Analyst. She has an overall experience of 9 years including research, academics and has been working in the field of Intellectual Property for 7 years. She has handled projects in the domains of Biotechnology, Personal care, Packaging industry and Biochemistry. She has experience in Prior Art Search, Patentability Search, Freedom to Operate Search, Invalidity Search, Patent Landscaping, Technology Trend Analysis, Competitive Intelligence. She is actively involved in patent application drafting, patent prosecution, claim analysis and mapping, opposition proceedings and response to office actions.