Attorneys

Patent Agent

Helena M. Lovick Ph.D.

Hartford, CT

313-227-3049

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.

Capabilities

Practice Areas

Biotechnology/Life Sciences

Clinical Research, Clinical Trials & Risk Management

Intellectual Property & Technology

Patent Prosecution & Protection

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Southeast-based law firm poaches Cantor Colburn attorneys as part of CT, Northeast expansion

by Harriet Jones, Hartford Business Journal, October 14, 2024

with Grant M. Ehrlich Ph.D., Youngmin Lee Ph.D., Samantha Page Ph.D., Kimberly Vines Ph.D. and Wanli Wu

Stites & Harbison Eyes Conn. Office With Patent Team Pickup

by Martin Bricketto, Law360, September 12, 2024

with Grant M. Ehrlich Ph.D., Youngmin Lee Ph.D., Samantha Page Ph.D., Kimberly Vines Ph.D. and Wanli Wu

Talk of the Town: Stites & Harbison Expands Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of New Attorneys and Patent Agents

by Editor, Attorney At Law Magazine, September 11, 2024

with Grant M. Ehrlich Ph.D., Youngmin Lee Ph.D., Samantha Page Ph.D., Kimberly Vines Ph.D. and Wanli Wu

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

Recent Assignments

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.

Bar Admissions

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships

Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

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Member

American Chemical Society

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Member

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

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Member

Education

Ph.D., Chemistry,

2009

University of Washington – Seattle

Org / Honor

Teaching Assistant: Organic Chemistry (2004-09)

B.S., Chemistry,

2004

Montana State University – Bozeman

More Than Stites & Harbison

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.

Languages

French (basic proficiency)

*Non-Attorney

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Press Releases

Stites & Harbison Expands Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of New Attorneys and Patent Agents

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of three attorneys and three patent agents to the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. All of the individuals join from one of the nation’s largest full-service intellectual property law firms. With the additions, Stites & Harbison will...
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

September 12, 2024