Please join KUCTC in welcoming Meredith Porembski, JD, PhD, from the law firm of Bell Manning LLC as she talks about how to increase your odds of getting an issued patent.

Dr. Porembski holds a BA in Chemistry and a PhD in physical chemistry. As a doctoral student, Meredith completed coursework in quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, organometallic chemistry, spectroscopy and molecular reaction dynamics. After earning her PhD, she was a postdoctoral research associate in biophysical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she developed a microscopy system to study the interactions of single proteins and DNA. Before attending law school, Meredith worked as a senior scientist with Pharmaceutical Analytical Development PPD, Inc., where she developed, validated, and transferred assay and impurity methods for drug substances and products using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS).

Dr. Porembski has over 14 years’ experience as a patent attorney during which she’s written and prosecuted patent applications in a wide variety of chemical and materials science areas. These include patent applications related to materials used in devices (and the devices themselves) such as solar cells, solid state lasers, fuel cells, batteries, thin film electronics, photodetectors, and time-of-flight cameras. Additionally, Meredith has written and prosecuted patent applications related to the techniques of microscopy, spectroscopy, optics, and thin film deposition techniques such as atomic layer deposition, vapor phase epitaxy, and plasma deposition.

Dr. Porembski specializes in counseling clients on legal and strategic issues relating to their intellectual property, including conducting patent portfolio reviews and patentability assessments of invention disclosures. She oversees both U.S. and international patent portfolios and has extensive experience managing the intellectual property landscape of higher education.

We hope you’ll join us to learn more about the patent process and how you can better your chances of getting one issued.

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The KUCTC Lunch & Learn series provides training and presentation sessions during the lunch hour. The goal is to inform and inspire the KU community to engage in the process of intellectual property protection, company outreach, and technology commercialization. The sessions will cover a broad range of topics including intellectual property basics, technology licensing, startup funding opportunities, regional economic incentives, as well as legal issues of concern to KU startups.