Dr C A Schlecht

I help you build things— patent applications, expert reports, amicus briefs, opinions on patentability, freedom to operate, due diligence, and state-of-the-art. The things I help you build assist you build your business—intellectual property to keep others from using your things without your permission, and opinions to help keep you from using other people's stuff without their permission.

I provide answers, specifically to questions that need an understanding of chemistry and patent law. I have a passion and background in chemistry. I love patents, especially useful ones. Everything is an opportunity to learn, collaborate, and provide value. I do all three of these things by taking innovative ideas from the benchtop to the marketplace.

Attorney/Consultant

Midtown Intellectual Property, PC

2018 - Current

Patent preparation and prosecution; IP strategy and portfolio management; agreement drafting and review for related matters.

Patent Attorney

Global Patent Group, LLC

2017 - Current

Patent preparation and prosecution, due diligence review, and related work in the chem/biotech/pharma sector.

Co-Director

Institute for Materials, Energetics and Complexity

2010 - Current

Researcher, project manager, and director.

Patent Attorney

Polsinelli

2017 - 2017

Patent preparation and prosecution, freedom-to-operate, and due diligence work in pharmaceuticals, nutrition, materials, and the chemical arts.

Patent Agent

Polsinelli

2012 - 2017

Patent preparation and prosecution, freedom-to-operate, and due diligence work in pharmaceuticals, nutrition, materials, and the chemical arts.

Patent Agent

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

2011 - 2012

Patent prosecution and litigation support in pharmaceuticals and the chemical arts; FDA regulatory matters

Patent Agent

Nascent Innovations, LLC

2008 - 2011

Offered professional services in patent prep and pros and opinion work. Experience in the petrochemical, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and material science. • Contracted work with Harness, Dickey and Pierce (St. Louis), Baker McKenzie (Houston), Boulware & Valoir (Houston), Lee, Jorgensen, Pyle & Kewalramani (Houston) • Prepared applications in petrochemicals, polyurethanes, alternative fuel, electrochemical cells and laser ablation. • Prosecuted patents in pharmaceutical compound per se and formulation, chemical vapor deposition, liquid salts, silicone release films and petrochemicals. • Conducted freedom-to-operate and due-diligence assessments in nanotechnology, nutrition, transgenic animals and small molecules.

Graduate Assistant

Washington University in St. Louis

2004 - 2009

• Developed technology for direct-write protein patterning onto surfaces for the purpose of guiding the growth of neurons. • Designed and synthesized monomers with trimethoxysilyl, carboxylic and phosphonic acid head groups for self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on glass and metal oxides. • Prepared and optimized SAMs using infrared spectroscopy. • Used microcontact printing to generate patterned SAMs on glass. • Studied protein adsorption and SAM stability by fluorescence microscopy. • Synthesized a group of photocaged acid monomers and studied their photochemical properties.

Student / Research & Teaching Assistant

Furman University

1999 - 2004

Developed prostate cancer treatments, including synthesis of prodrug for prostate-specific antigen. Attached a tetrapeptide prosthetic group to a class of anti-cancer drug. Prepared self-assembled monolayers on gold, including a riboflavin-functionalized monomer. Studied electrochemical and fluorometric biosensor for riboflavin-binding protein using cyclic voltammetry and fluorimetry.

Summer Researcher

Los Alamos National Laboratory

2002 - 2002

Analyzed redox and pH-dependent secondary and tertiary conformational changes of cytochrome c and cytochrome c3 by difference IR spectroscopy.

SHARP Apprentice at Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA

1998 - 1999

Examined meteorite and permafrost samples by environmental scanning electron microscopy. Developed a visual library of known extremophilic organisms for comparison to structures found in carbonaceous chondrites.

University of Denver

J.D. (2016) | Law

2012 - 2016

Honors: Avvo Scholar's Circle (http://scholarships.avvo.com/scholars-circle); John E. Moye Endowed Scholarship; Charles A. Petrie Endowed Scholarship; Zavell Family Endowed Scholarship; Charles F. Brannan National Endowed Scholarship; John Reese Evening Student Scholarship; Judge Donald P. Smith, Jr. '56 Endowed Scholarship

Washington University in St. Louis

Ph.D. (2009) | Chemistry

2004 - 2009

Also earned an Artum Magistri (A.M.) Marcus Lecture Committee 2005

Activities: Teaching (organic lecture and lab); researching (organic synthesis, materials, self-assembly)

Furman University

M.S. (2004) | Chemistry

2003 - 2004

Furman University

B.S. (2003) | Biochemistry

1999 - 2003

Honors: The American Institute of Chemists Foundation Award (2003); Dean’s List (1999-2003); Dreyfus Scholarship (2003); Milliken Scholar (2003); Keeler Chemistry Scholar (2003); DaimlerChrysler Corporations Fund Scholarship (1999-2003)

Activities: Phi Eta Sigma (2001)

Duke University

Duke in Berlin Program

2002 - 2002

Study abroad program in Berlin, Germany in conjunction with Humboldt Universitat.