Patrick D. Lowder, Ph.D.

Practices

• Intellectual Property
• Life Sciences

Professional Experience

With a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, Patrick has particular experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications comprising synthetic organic chemistry and biologically active molecules. He has over a decade of in-house experience in the plant protection industry and a broad understanding of pest control in agricultural and non-agricultural markets. He has led international patent project teams and worked as a lead research chemist designing and synthesizing new insecticides. His past legal experience includes all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark applications, trade secret agreements, trademark licenses, confidentiality/material transfer agreements and covenants not to compete.

While earning his J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law, Patrick spent time as a visiting student at William and Mary School of Law. In addition to his education in the United States, he earned a certificate in intellectual property from the University of London's Queen Mary & Westfield College.

Education

• North Carolina Central University School of Law, J.D., 2006, cum laude
• Indiana University, Ph.D., 1991
• Wake Forest University, B.S., 1985, magna cum laude; honors in Chemistry, Phi Beta Kappa

• “The discovery of indoxacarb: oxadiazines as a new class of pyrazoline-type insecticides” · Pest Management Science, April 2001, Co-author
• “Studies of novel cyclitols. A synthesis of 3’O,4’O-dimethylfuniculosin” · Tetrahedron Letters, 2000, Co-author
• “Studies Toward Funiculosin: Intramolecular Carbonyl Condensations Using Carboxamidimidazolide Intermediates” · Tetrahedron Letters, 1996, Co-author
• “Studies of Mild Dehydrogenations in Heterocyclic Systems” · Tetrahedron Letters, 1996, Co-author
• "Carboxanilide Insecticides: Synthesis and Biological Activity" · Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Agrichemicals Division, April 1999, Co-author
• "1,3-Carbon-Nitrogen Atom Inversion: A Versatile Strategy for the Discovery of Novel Sodium Channel Blocking Insecticides" · Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Agrichemicals Division, April 1999, Co-author
• "Synthesis and Biological Activity of Semicarbazone Insecticides" · Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Agrichemicals Division, April 1999, Co-author
• "Pyridazine Insecticides: Synthesis and Biological Activity" · Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Agrichemicals Division, April 1999, Co-author

• French