Alan practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis in chemical and mechanical arts.
Experience:
His practice includes drafting and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent, trademark, and copyright applications.
As an undergraduate at USC, Alan participated in research on organic polymers, specifically, applications involving the use of poly (p-phenyleneethynylene) in light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Member: South Carolina Bar Association; Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association; American Bar Association
Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., Chemistry, magna cum laude); University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude)
Admitted to Practice: South Carolina; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. District Court of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and Fourth Circuits
Published Works: “Blue Solid-State Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence from Novel Poly(para-phenyleneethynylene) Copolymers”, Chem.Mater,13 2691-2696 (2001); “Synthesis and Characterization of Poly[1,5-(3,7-ditert-butyl)naphtyleneethynylene] by Alkyne Metathesis”, Macromol.Rapid.Commun.,21 493 (2000); “Alkyne-Bridged Polymers as Platform for Novel Macromolecular Materials: Catalytic Hydrogenation of Poly[(p-dialkylphenylene)ethynylene]s”, Macromolecules 34 (14) 4688-4690.
Honors: Southeastern Environmental Law Journal; President, University of South Carolina Intellectual Property Law Society (2003-2004); Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Omega