Dorothy Jones, Ph.D.

Dorothy Jones, Ph.D. is a Patent Agent in the Chemical practice group, focusing on patent preparation and prosecution for domestic and international clients. Her expertise includes a range of technical areas including organic synthesis, materials characterization, optically active materials, dyes, glass products, plastics, polymers, and product formulation.

Prior to joining Oblon, Dr. Jones was a Research Scientist at a bio-tech start-up in New York, where she worked on small molecule synthesis, dye chemistry, and formulation development. During her graduate studies, Dorothy synthesized polymers and small molecules and studied the effects of the synthetic products on the shape of organic microcrystals and how the shape influenced the crystals’ electronic and photonic properties.

Education

• Georgetown University (Ph.D.)
  • Chemistry
• Duke University (B.S.)
  • Chemistry

Admissions

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

Technical Publications

• Jones, D. K., Gavvalapalli, N., "Controlling the π-Stack Growth Direction in Organic π-Conjugated Microcrystals", Crys. Growth Des., 2021
• Jones, D. K., Watts, T. A.; Gavvalapalli, N., "Role of Aryl Amphiphiles Hydrophobe Size on the Concentration and Stability of Graphene Nanoplatelet Dispersions", ACS Omega, 2021
• Jones, D. K.. Cheng, C.-H.; Zhang, X., Deotare, P. B., "Gavvalapalli, N.; Optical and Waveguiding Properties of Perylene Square Rods Microcrystals Synthesized by Retarding the Growth along pi-Stack Direction", Chem. Commun., 2021
• Jones, D. K., Kertesz, M., Gavvalapalli, N., "Impact of Aryl Amphiphile Hydrophobe Size on Controlling π-Conjugated Microcrystals Growth along π-Stack Direction", Cryst. Growth Des. 2021
• Jones, D. K., Kerwin, B. Zhao, W,; Gavvalapalli, N., "Aryl Amphiphile Shape-Directors for Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Organic Semiconductor Particles", Chem. Commun., 2019
• Shinde, S., Sartucci, J. L., Jones, D. K., Gavvalapalli, N., "Dynamic pi‐Conjugated Polymer Ionic Networks", Macromolecules, 2017

Awards and Honors

• Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship, 2018-2021
• Espenscheid Fellowship, Georgetown University, 2016

Services

• U.S. Patent Procurement (Application Drafting & Prosecution)
• Technology Transfer
• Start-Up

Technologies

• Chemicals
• Life Sciences