Patrick D. Lowder, JD, PhD

Principal

Education

J.D., North Carolina Central University School of Law
Certificate in Intellectual Property – Queen Mary & Westfield College
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry – Indiana University Bloomington
B.S., Honors in Chemistry – Wake Forest University

Admissions

Georgia, District of Columbia, Virginia, USPTO

Patrick has spent over 30 years with various companies and law firms, ranging from several multinational companies, a large patent boutique, traditional big law firms, to small law firms. Before joining Innovators Legal, Patrick worked in numerous roles: research chemist, patent liaison, patent agent, and patent attorney. He has broad international business experience, having lived and worked in Europe early in his career.

Patrick has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in chemistry, material science, polymer science, pharmaceuticals, compositions, agricultural products, and mechanical devices. He drafts and prosecutes U.S. patent applications, corresponds with foreign associates to guide the prosecution of foreign applications, provides strategic portfolio management to both U.S. and foreign clients, and develops patentability/FTO opinions. He is an experienced expert witness in organic chemistry and patent practice.

Experience

Consultant
Of Counsel – McBee, Moore & Vanik IP, LLC
Patent Attorney – Boehringer-Ingelheim Animal Health
Of Counsel – Smith Tempel Blaha LLC
Associate – Cooley LLP
Associate – Thompson Hine LLP
Associate – Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Attorney at Law – The Law Offices of Patrick D. Lowder, P.C.
Senior Patent Agent – Bayer CropScience LP
Patent Officer/Patent Agent – Aventis CropScience USA LP
Senior Research Chemist – DuPont Agricultural Products, Inc.

Publications

“Things To Avoid When Delaying Patent Term,” Max Colice, Patrick Lowder, IPLaw360, January 30, 2014
“Intellectual Property Update: European Parliament Approves European Unitary Patent Scheme to Begin January 2014,” http://www.thompsonhine.com/publications/publication2605.html, December 20, 2012
“Intellectual Property Update: USPTO Improperly Shortening Some Patent Terms” http://www.thompsonhine.com/publications/publication2604.html, December 20, 2012
“Intellectual Property Update: Federal Circuit Rules on Broadening Reissuance of Patent Claims,” http://www.thompsonhine.com/publications/publication2462.html, March 13, 2012
“The discovery of indoxacarb: oxadiazines as a new class of pyrazoline-type insecticides,” Pest Management Science, April, 2001, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 153-164
“Studies of novel cyclitols. A synthesis of 3’O,4’O-dimethylfuniculosin,” David R. Williams, Patrick D. Lowder and Yu-Gui Gu, Tetrahedron Letters, (2000) Vol. 41, No. 49, pp. 9391-9401
“Carboxanilide Insecticides: Synthesis and Biological Activity,” Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Agrichemicals Division, April, 1999, Anaheim California, Presentation 027
“Synthesis and Biological Activity of Semicarbazone Insecticides,” Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Agrichemicals Division, April, 1999, Anaheim California, Presentation 028
“1,3-Carbon-Nitrogen Atom Inversion: A Versatile Strategy for the Discovery of Novel Sodium Channel Blocking Insecticides,” April, 1999, Anaheim California
“Pyridazine Insecticides: Synthesis and Biological Activity,” Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Agrichemicals Division, April, 1999, Anaheim California. Presentation 030
“Studies Toward Funiculosin: Intramolecular Carbonyl Condensations Using Carboxamidimidazolide Intermediates,” David R. Williams, Patrick D. Lowder and Yu-Gui Gu Tetrahedron Letters, (1996) Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 327-330
“Studies of Mild Dehydrogenations in Heterocyclic Systems,” David R. Williams, Patrick D. Lowder and Yu-Gui Gu Tetrahedron Letters, (1996) Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 331-334