Admitted
1999, Georgia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
University of Texas-Austin, J.D., 1998
Law School Graduation Year
1998
College
Tulane University, B.S., Chemistry, 1977; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., Chemistry, 1983
Memberships
State Bar of Georgia; American Chemical Society.
Biographical
Industrial Chemist and Project Leader, 1983-1993. Co-Author: with B. L. Smith, M. A. Murphy, G. P. Torrence and A. Aguilo, The Rhodium Catalyzed Methanol Carbonylation to Acetic Acid at Low Water Concentrations: The Effect of Iodide and Acetate on Catalyst Activity and Stability, J. Molecular Catalysis, 39, 1, 115-136, 1987. Patents: Process for Preparing Improved Polyarylates, R. Vicari and M. A. Murphy, U.S. Patent 5274069, December 28, 1993; UV LIGHT Stabilizing, Antioxidant, and Colorant Monomers for Plastics, M. A. Murphy, G. Kvakovszky and J. R. Fritch, World Patent Application WO 9315063, August 5, 1993, U.S. Patent 5438142, August 1, 1955; Purification of Hydroxphenyl Alkanes, M. A. Murphy and M. Czarny, U.S. Patent 5202505, April 13, 1993; Method For Producing Ibuprofen, V. Elango, M. A. Murphy, B. L. Smith, K. G. Davenport, G. N. Mott, E. G. Zey and G. L. Moss, U.S. Patent 4981995, January 1, 1991; Process for Making 1,3-Glycols from Epoxides, M. A. Murphy, B. L. Smith, A. Aguilo and K. D. Tau, U.S. Patent 4935554, June 19, 1990; Process for Making 1,3-Glycols from Epoxides, M. A. Murphy, U.S. Patent 4873379, October 10, 1989; Process for Making 1,3-Glycols from Epoxides, M. A. Murphy, B. L. Smith, A. Aguilo and K. D. Tau, U.S. Patent 4873378, October 10, 1989.