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    CAREER EVENT FOR CHEMISTS (VIRTUAL MEETING)

    November 21, 2024
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Senior Chemists Committee - American Chemical Society (Chicago Section)

    Adam D. Sussman

    Crowell & Moring LLP

    53I15P: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG CHEMISTS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - HEAR FrOM AN EXPERT

    ABSTRACT

    Regrettably, one career path that many young chemists do not know about is an option for a career in intellectual property.  In this presentation, Adam Sussman of Crowell & Moring LLP will talk about his own career path from Ph.D. research in chemistry to work as a patent lawyer specializing in chemistry and pharmaceuticals.  He will provide examples of how he has fallen back on his chemistry knowledge every day to help clients achieve their goals.  The presentation will detail the various options in intellectual property law that are available to young chemists and will include an opportunity for questions to be answered.

    PROGRAM

    • 12:00 PM - 12:05 PM  Introductory remarks
    • 12:05 PM - 01:00 PM  Main Lecture
    • 01:00 PM - 01:10  Q&A, closing remarks

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    QUESTIONS?  Please contact the Section Office via phone (847-391-9091) or email ([email protected]).


    BIOGRAPHY

    Adam D. Sussman is a patent attorney in Chicago and currently Counsel at Crowell & Moring LLP.  In addition, he is active in the Chicago ACS Section and the Illinois State Bar Association.  He also has a weekly article series on LinkedIn that profiles world-changing inventors.  Adam earned his B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and, in 2010, his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he performed organic synthetic methodology research on nitrenium ion cyclization in the laboratory of Duncan Wardrop. Professor Wardrop inspired Adam to consider patent law, and Adam earned his J.D. in 2014 from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago (now UIC).  For the past decade, Adam has both litigated on behalf of generic pharmaceutical manufacturers and prepared and prosecuted patent applications in territories around the world.  He has protected inventions in numerous technology areas including chemistry, pharmaceuticals, materials, applied chemistry, polymers, plastics, mechanical devices, medical devices, and crystal forms.  He lives with his wife and two young sons in Deerfield, Illinois.

     

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