Jiazhong (Jason) Luo, Ph.D.
Patent Agent
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Phone: +1 215 979 1809
Fax: +1 215 689 4930
Email: JLuo@duanemorris.com

Jiazhong (Jason) Luo, Ph.D., is a registered patent agent and works with the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group. Dr. Luo has more than a decade of industry experience in materials science, chemistry and nanotechnologies, including research and development work and project management. He developed and commercialized several new technologies and products of polymers and nanomaterials, especially for electric, electronic, optoelectronic and semiconductor applications. He had working experience in international collaboration with Japanese companies. Dr. Luo is an inventor of eight U.S.-issued patents and has five pending U.S. patent applications. He has also authored 15 peer-reviewed research papers and one legal paper.

Dr. Luo earned a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. He also holds an M.S. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics and a B.S. in Chemistry from Nankai University in Tianjin, China. Dr. Luo graduated from Temple University Beasley School of Law with a J.D., cum laude, in 2013. He also received the Robert C. Podwil Memorial Prize, which is awarded annually to the graduate who demonstrates excellent academic performance and plans to practice in the area of intellectual property.

He is a native speaker of Chinese and speaks fluent English, and has studied Japanese and German.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Chemical Society
• Materials Research Society
• Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law
  - Research & Article Editor (2011-2012)
  - Staff Editor (2010-2011)
• Mid-Atlantic Rubber and Plastics Group
  - Board Member, 2008-2009

Admissions

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2013
  - Recipient of the Robert C. Podwil Memorial Prize
• The Ohio State University, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, 1998
• The Ohio State University, M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, 1997
• Nankai University, M.S., Polymer Chemistry, 1993
  - Recipient of Yang Shixian Prize
• Nankai University, B.S., Chemistry, 1990
  - Recipient of Nankai University Scholarship each year

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Patent Agent, 2012-present
• Greene Tweed Inc.
  - Senior Scientist (Polymer R&D Chemist), 2005-2011
• Eikos Inc.
  - Senior Scientist, 2003-2005
• Emerson & Cuming, Electronic & Engineering Division, National Starch & Chemical/ICI
  - Senior Project Supervisor, 2001-2003
• Judd Wire Inc., Subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
  - Materials R&D Engineer, 1998-2000
• The Ohio State University
  - Research Associate, 1994-1998
• Nankai University
  - Research Engineer, 1993-1994
  - Research Associate, 1990-1993

Selected Publications

• Author, "Cloudy Intent, Crowded Lawsuits and 'Atomic Bomb' Remedy: Intent Test in Inequitable Conduct Defense of Patent Infringement Litigation, 30 Temp. J. Sci. Tech. & Envtl. L.,239 (2011).
• Co-author, "Properties and characterization of carbon nanotube based transparent conductive coatings," Journal of the Society for Information Display, 2005, 13/9, 759-763.
• "Transparent carbon nanotube electrodes for LCD color filter," Proc. International Display, 2004, 11, 557-559.
• Co-author, "Phase transformation effects on the wear properties of alumina gel-polymer matrix nanocomposites," J. Materials Research, 2001, 16(6), 1680.
• Co-author, "Solid-state NMR evaluation of the silane structure on nanoporous silica fillers," J. Adhesion Science and Technology, 2001, 15(3), 267-394.
• Co-author, "Effect of silane coupling agents on the wear resistance of polymer-nanoporous silica gel composites," Materials Science & Engineering C, 1997, 5(1), 15.
• Co-author, "Effect of filler porosity on the abrasion resistance of nanoporous silica gel/polymer composites," Dental Materials, 1998, 14, 29.
• Co-author, "Study on the synthesis of high elongation polyurethane," European Polymer J., 1998, 24(1), 59-66.