Sally A. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Counsel

Sally A. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Overview

Sally Sullivan is a patent attorney with more than 20 years of experience. She has written and prosecuted patents in: chemistry, including pharmaceuticals, polymers, liquid crystals, catalysts, combinatorial methods, analytical assays and instrumentation, and mass spectrometry methods and instrumentation; biotechnology, including agricultural biotechnology and plant science, microbiology and biocontrol technologies, genomics, and proteomics; biotechnology instrumentation, including nucleic acid array and assay technologies and biosensors; materials science, including ceramics, membrane technology and carbon nanomaterials; mining and blasting; and optics and telecommunications, including optical filters and related optical devices and lasers. Dr. Sullivan provides counseling on patenting and licensing strategies, patentability, and patent infringement and validity.

Education

  • University of Denver School of Law, J.D., 1995
  • California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1978
  • Hunter College, B.A. in Chemistry, 1973

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Colorado

Honors

  • University of Denver College of Law, Graduated 3rd out of 228 (May 1995)
  • Order of St. Ives Awards for Scholastic Excellence
  • NATO Postdoctoral Fellow NSF-CNRS (United States-France) Exchange Fellow

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Association of University Technology Managers
  • American Chemical Society

Articles, Publications & Lectures

  • S.A. Sullivan and J.L Beauchamp, “Competition Between Proton Transfer and Elimination in the Reactions of Strong Bases with Fluoroethanes in the Gas Phase,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (1976) 98:1160
  • S.A. Sullivan and J.L Beauchamp, “Reactions of Fluoroethylenes with Strong Bases in the Gas Phase,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (1977) 99:5017
  • S.A. Sullivan, B.S. Freiser and J.L. Beauchamp, “The Gas Phase Photodissociation of Cl2,” Chem. Phys. Lett. (1977) 48:294
  • S.A. Sullivan, H. Sanford, J.L. Beauchamp and A.J. Ash III, “Acid-Base Properties of 1-Methyl-1,4-dihydroborabenzene (CH3BC5H6),” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (1978) 100:3737
  • S.A. Sullivan and J.L. Beauchamp, “Nucleophilic Reactions of Anions with PF3 and OPF3 in the Gas Phase by Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy,” Inorg. Chem. (1978) 17:1589
  • S.A. Sullivan and J.L. Beauchamp, “Positive and Negative Ion Chemistry of Sulfuryl Halides,” Inter. J. Mass Spectrom. (1978) 28:69
  • R.V. Hodges, S.A. Sullivan and J.L. Beauchamp, “Nucleophilic Reactions of Anions with Trimethyl Phosphate in the Gas Phase by Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (1980) 102:935
  • C.H. DePuy, V.M. Bierbaum, L.A. Flippin, J.J. Grabowski, G.K. King, R.J. Schmitt and S.A. Sullivan, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (1980) 102:5012
  • Presenter, Willful Infringement, Enhanced Damages and Opinions for Counsel Post-Halo, The American Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Meeting, May 2017

Education

  • University of Denver School of Law, J.D., 1995
  • California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1978
  • Hunter College, B.A. in Chemistry, 1973

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Colorado