Stephen B. Barone, Ph.D.

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Stephen B. Barone, Ph.D.

Overview

Stephen Barone is a patent attorney whose practice focuses on intellectual property, strategy, technology commercialization and portfolio management relating to technologies emerging from interfaces between the fields of chemistry, physics and the life sciences. Dr. Barone’s technical experience includes pharmaceuticals, polymers, chemical synthesis, catalysis, medical devices, nanotechnology, medical imaging and diagnostics, drug screening, research tools, materials science, semiconductor materials and processing, optics and optoelectronics, electronic materials, and instrumentation.

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Dr. Barone’s practice works to develop, align and enforce patent assets to protect and commercialize important technologies with his broad range of clients, such as start-up companies, top tier academic research institution and Fortune 500 companies. His experience emcompasses a broad range of IP legal issues, including validity, infringement and freedom to operate opinions, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, and managing worldwide intellectual property rights. His practice also focuses on corporate counsel in strategic business planning, due diligence and landscape assessment, and patent licensing and transactional work, in addition to a trademark practice.

Prior to joining Leydig, Dr. Barone was a partner at Lathrop & Gage. Dr. Barone obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Colorado and was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The George Washington University prior to completing law school at the University of Colorado School of Law.

Education

  • University of Colorado School of Law, J.D., 2002
  • University of Colorado, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1995
  • Dickinson College, B.S. in Chemistry, 1990

Admissions

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

Honors

  • University of Colorado School of Law – Top 5% of class
  • Membership in the Order of the Coif, 2002 – present
  • The Chief Justice Luis D. Rovira Scholarship, 2001 – 2002
  • The Benjamin S. Galland Scholarship, 2001 – 2002
  • The Thomas Schatzal Intellectual Property Scholarship, 2000 -2001
  • The Dufford and Brown Award for Legal Writing, 2000 – 2001
  • Outstanding Paper Award; Environmental Research Laboratories, 1996
  • National Science Foundation Chemistry Fellowship, 1993 – 1994

Professional Affiliations

  • Colorado Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)

Articles, Publications & Lectures

  • “Observation of CH3S Addition to O2 in the Gas Phase,” A.A. Turnipseed, S.B. Barone and A.R. Ravishankara. J. Phys. Chem., 96, 7502 (1992)
  • “Application of Optical Techniques to Studies of Kinetics and Photochemistry: Tropospheric Fate of Methyl Vinyl Ketone and Methacrolein,” R.K. Talukdar, J.B. Burkholder, T. Gierzack, A. Mellouki, S.B. Barone and A.R. Ravishankara. International Symposium on Environmental Sensing SPIE Vol. 1715, “Optical Methods in Atmospheric Chemistry”, 59 (1992)
  • “The Reactions of CH3S and CH3SOO with O3, NO2 and NO,” A. A. Turnipseed, S.B. Barone and A.R. Ravishankara. J. Phys. Chem., 97, 5926 (1993)
  • “Do HydroFluorocarbons Destroy Stratospheric Ozone?” A.R. Ravishankara, A.A. Turnipseed, N.R. Jensen, S.B. Barone, M.Mills, C.J. Howard and S.Solomon. Science, 263, 71 (1994) www.lathropgage.com
  • “Kinetics of the Reactions of OH with Alkanes,” R.K. Talukdar, A. Mellouki, T. Gierzack, S.B. Barone, S-Y Chiang and A.R. Ravishankara. Int.J. of Chem. Kinet., 26, 973 (1994)
  • “Kinetics of the Reactions of CF3Ox Radicals with NO, O3 and O2,” A.A. Turnipseed, S.B. Barone and A.R. Ravishankara. J. Phys. Chem., 98, 4594 (1994)
  • “Kinetics of the Reactions of the CF3O Radical with Alkanes,” S.B. Barone, A.A. Turnipseed, A.R. Ravishankara. J. Phys. Chem., 98, 4602 (1994)
  • “Quantum Yields of H(2S) and CH3S(2E) from the Photolysis of Simple Organo-Sulfur compounds at 193, 222 and 248 nm,” S.B. Barone, A.A. Turnipseed, T. Gierzack and A.R. Ravishankara. J. Phys. Chem., 98, 969 (1994)
  • “Kinetics of the Reactions of CF3O Radicals with CO and H2O,” A. A. Turnipseed, S.B. Barone, N.R. Jensen, D.R. Hanson, C.J. Howard and A.R. Ravishankara. J. Phys. Chem., 99, 6000, (1995)
  • “Role of Adducts in the Atmospheric Oxidation of Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS),” S.B. Barone, A.A. Turnipseed and A.R. Ravishankara. Faraday Discussion Meeting, University of East Anglia, UK.100, 39, (1995)
  • “Oxidation of Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) by Reaction with OH. 1. Equilibrium Constant of the Reaction of OH + DMS and Kinetics of the OH*DMS + O2 Reaction,” S.B. Barone, A.A. Turnipseed, A.R. Ravishankara. J. Phys. Chem., 100, 14694, (1996)
  • “Oxidation of Dimethyl Sulfide(DMS) by Reaction with OH 2 Products and Mechanisms,” A.A. Turnipseed, S.B. Barone, A.R. Ravishankara. J. Phys. Chem., 100, 14703, (1996)
  • “Oxidation of Atmospheric Sulfur Compounds: Perspectives from Laboratory Studies,” A.R. Ravishankara, Yinon Rudich, Ranajit Talukdar, S.B. Barone. Royal Society of Chemistry, (1996)
  • “Atmospheric Fate of Methyl Vinyl Ketone and Methacrolein,” T. Gierczak, R. K. Talukdar, J. B. Burkholder, A. Mellouki, S. B. Barone and A.R. Ravishankara. J. Photo Chem. and Biology., 1, (1997)
  • “Reactions of ClONO2, N2O5, and HNO3 on Ice Under Stratospheric Conditions,” M.A. Zondlo, S.B. Barone, M.A. Tolbert. XVII Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, (1996) L’Aquila, Italy
  • “Uptake of HNO3 on Ice Under Upper Tropopsheric Conditions,” M.A. Zondlo, S.B. Barone, M.A. Tolbert. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1391, (1997)
  • “Product Study of the Hydrolysis of ClONO2 on Type 1a Polar Stratospheric Cloud Materials at 185 K,” S.B. Barone, M. A. Zondlo and M.A. Tolbert. Feature Article J. Phys. Chem.., 101, 8643, (1997)
  • “Condensed Phase Products in Heterogeneous Reactions: N2O5, ClONO2, and HNO3 Reacting on Ice Films at 185 K,” M.A. Zondlo, S. B. Barone and M.A. Tolbert. J. Phys. Chem. , 102, 5735, (1998)
  • “Reactions of Acid Halides with Tropospheric and Stratsopheric Ice Surfaces,” S.B. Barone, M. A. Zondlo and M. A. Tolbert. J. Phys. Chem., 103, 9717, (1999)
  • Moderator, IP Building and Multifield Licensing: Traps for the Unwary – Strategic Leverage for University IP for for Platform Technologies, The Association of University Technology Managers Annual Meeting, March 2017

BOOKS AUTHORED:

  • “The 11th Hour Series: Perspectives in General Chemistry” S.B. Barone, Blackwell Science Inc., Malden Massachusetts. Released 6/2000

Education

  • University of Colorado School of Law, J.D., 2002
  • University of Colorado, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1995
  • Dickinson College, B.S. in Chemistry, 1990

Admissions

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