Irene Djalim is the manager of the regulatory affairs department in Tilleke & Gibbins’ Jakarta office. With a strong technical background and detailed knowledge of Indonesian intellectual property law, Irene handles prosecution of patent applications in mechanical, chemical, and pharmaceutical fields, in which she helps inventors protect their innovations. She prepares and files applications for patents, petty patents, and industrial design patents, prosecutes the patents until they are granted, and maintains the patents after they are granted. Irene also regularly performs patent searches as well as freedom-to-operate analyses and infringement assessments. Irene has provided regulatory advice on product registration of traditional medicine in Indonesia with the Indonesian FDA (BPOM). She graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and obtained a Magister Akuntansi from Institut Bisnis dan Informatika Indonesia. Prior to specializing in patent work, she had experience working in a United States government agency and an automotive manufacturing facility in Indonesia. Irene is a registered IP consultant in Indonesia.