Tracy U. Palovich, PhD
Tracy U. Palovich's practice focuses on patent prosecution and patent opinion drafting in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Tracy earned a B.S. in chemistry in 1992 from The Pennsylvania State University where she conducted undergraduate research in organometallic chemistry with a focus on lanthanide complexes. Tracy then earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1997 from the University of Pittsburgh where she conducted her graduate research in organometallic chemistry with a focus on transition metal complexes. Tracy was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from North Carolina State University in 1997 where she conducted research in polymer chemistry with a focus on polyacrylamide and polyacetylene compounds.
Tracy was admitted to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2001.
Through her research, Tracy is well-versed in current techniques and literature in many areas, including organometallic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and polymer chemistry, among others. Tracy is a co-author of the following scientific publications and is a member in the American Chemical Society, American Intellectual Property Law Association, and Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association.
Publications:
Christopher B. Gorman, Ryan W. Vest, Tracy U. Palovich, and Scafford Serron, "Preparation of Poly(cyanoacetylene) Using Late-Transition-Metal Catalysts", Macromolecules, June 29, 1999, 32(13): 4157.
Tracy L. Utz, Patricia A. Leach, Steven J. Geib and N. John Cooper, "Synthesis, derivatization, and structural characterization of [Mn(CNC6H3Me2-2,6)5]‑, a five-coordinate isonitrilate complex containing Mn-I", 1997, Chem. Commun.: 847.
Tracy L. Utz, Patricia A. Leach, Steven J. Geib, and N. John Cooper, "Formation of the 1,4-diazabutadien-2-yl Complex [Mn(CNPh*)4{C(=NPh*)C(CH3)=N(Ph*)}] through Methylation of a Manganese(-I) Isonitrilate", Organometallics, 1997, 16(19): 4109-4114.
Tracy L. Utz, "The Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Reactivity of Manganese(-I), Iron (0), and Cobalt (+I) Homoleptic Isonitrile Complexes", 1997, Doctoral Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
Tracy L. Utz, Steven J. Geib, and N. John Cooper, "Solvate-Dependent Polymorphism: Crystallization of [{Mn(CO)3}2{μ-(η5-C6H6-η5-C6H6}] from CH2Cl2 as a Mono-Solvate in the Rare Tetragonal Space Group P42/mbc", Acta. Cryst., 1996, 2292.
Angela R. Strzelecki, Claire L. Likar, Bradley A. Helsel, Tracy Utz, Mona C. Lin, and Patricia A. Bianconi, "Molecular Precursors to Lanthanide(II)-Based Semiconductors: Synthetic Pathways Toward the Preparation of Lanthanide Monchalcogenide Precursors", Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33:5188-5194.
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.
College: Pennsylvania State University, B.S., Chemistry, 1992; University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., Chemistry, 1997
Registration: Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
