Helena M. Lovick Ph.D.
Helena Lovick is a Registered Patent Agent providing clients with patent drafting and prosecution services. Helena has a Ph.D. in chemistry where the focus of her doctoral work was organocatalysis and new reaction development. Her post-doctoral research was directed to stereoselective, organometallic catalysis. Helena has over a decade of experience in the FDA-regulated medical device and tissue banking industry. As a certified tissue banking specialist (CTBS) and research scientist, Helena developed several patented products and methods. In addition to her intellectual property work, Helena’s experience includes regulatory filings, experimental design, new product development, and other design control processes.
The Effect of Temperature Exposure during Shipment on a Commercially Available Demineralized Bone Matrix Putty
co-author with M. Schallenberger, J. Locke, T. Meyer and G. Juda, Cell Tissue Bank, 17-677-687, 2016
Comparison of the Ostegenic Potential of OsteoSelect Demineralized Bone Matrix Putty to MovaBone Calcium-Phosphosilicate Synthetic Putty in a Cranial Defect Model
co-author with Schallenberger MA., Rossmeier K., Meyer TR., Juda GA., J. Craniomaxillofac Surg., 25-657-661, 2014
N,N'-Dibenzosuberyl-1,1-binaphthyl-2,2'-diame
A Highly Effective Supporting Ligand for the Enantioselective Cyclization of Aminoalkenes Catalyzed by Chelating Diamide Complexes of La(III), Huynh K., Livinghouse T., Synlett, 25, 1721-1724, 2014
Computational Design of Enone-Binding Proteins with Catalytic Activity for the Moria-Baylis-Hillman Reaction
co-author with Bjelic S., Nivon LG., Celebi-Olcum N., Kiss G., Rosewall CF., Ingalls EL., Gallaher JL., Seetharaman J., Lew S., Montelione GT., Hunt JF., Michael FE., Houk KN., Baker D., ACS Chem Biol., 8, 749-757, 2013
Donor Ligand Effects in Group 3 Metal-Catalyzed Hydroaminations
co-author with Smith AR. and Livinghouse T., Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 6358-6360, 2012
Strutucture-Activity Relationships in Group 3 Metal Catalysts for Asymmetric Intramolecular Alkene Hydroamination: An Investigation of Ligands Based on the Axially Chiral 1,1'-Binaphthyl-2,2'-diamine
co-author with An DK., Livinghouse T., Dalton Trans., 40, 7697-7700, 2011
On the Steroselective Bicyclization of Aminodienes Catalyzed by Chelating Diamide Complexes of the Group 3 Metals. A Direct Comparison of Sc(III) and Y(III) Bis(amide)s with an Application to the Synthese of Alkaloid
co-author with Jiang T. Livinghouse, 195 F. Chem Commun., 47, 12861-12863, 2011
Metal-Free Highly Regioselective Aminotrifluoroacetoxylation of Alkenes
co-author with Michael FE., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 1249-1252, 2010
Computational Design of an Enzyme Catalyst for a Steroselective Bimolecular Diels-Alder Reaction
co-author with Siegal JB., Zanghellini A., Kiss G., Lambert AR., St. Clair JL., Gallaher JL., Hilvert D., Gelb MH., Stoddard B., Houk KN., Michael FE. and Baker D., Science, 329, 309-313, 2010
Reversal of Enantioselectivity Using Tethered Bisguanidine Catalysts in the Aza-Henry Reaction
co-author with Michael FE., Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 1016-1019, 2009
Schallenberger MA, Lovick HM, Meyer TR, Expandable Bone Grafts and Methods of Manufacture Thereof. U.S. Patent No. 10,821,004. Issued Nov. 3, 2020. Continuation U.S. Patent Application No. 17/088,245. Notice of Allowance, Dec. 13, 2022.
Lovick HM, Juda G, Meyer TR. Bone Graft Substitute Containing a Temporary Contrast Agent and a Method of Generating such a Method of Use Thereof. U.S. Patent No. 10,806,826. Issued Oct. 20, 2020.
Cox D, Denty D, Lovick HM. Crosslinkable 3D Printed Biomaterial-Based Implants and Methods of Manufacture Thereof. U.S. Patent No. 10,279,078. Issued May 7, 2019.
Meyer TM, Lovick HM, Mansfield M, Cox D, Juda G. Shaped Fiber-Based Products and Method of Manufacture Thereof. U.S. Patent No. 10,173,375. Issued Jan. 8, 2019. Divisional U.S. Patent No. 11,446,882. Issued Sept. 20, 2022.
Lovick HM and Wolfe RA. Shapeable Demineralized Bone Matrix Products and Method of Manufacture Thereof. U.S. Patent Application No. 17/138,284. Filed Dec. 20, 2020.
Lovick HM. Growth Factor Concentrate and Method of Manufacture Thereof. U.S. Patent Application No. 17/138,261. Filed Dec. 30, 2020.
Cox D, Denty D, Lovick HM. Methods of Manufacturing Crosslinkable 3D printed Biomaterial-based Implants. U.S. Patent No. 11,602,580. Issued Mar. 14, 2023.
Lovick HM. Hydration Media for Biological Tissue Products, Methods of Making the Same and Methods of Using. U.S. Patent No. 11,570,981. Issued Feb. 7, 2023.
University of Washington - Seattle
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Teaching Assistant: Organic Chemistry (2004-09)
Montana State University - Bozeman
Before becoming a patent agent, Helena worked as a research scientist in the medical device and tissue banking field. As a research scientist, Helena developed a range of technology and is a named inventor on multiple patents.
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French (basic proficiency)
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