William Childs
William R. Childs, Ph.D.,is an associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office.
William assists clients in procuring patents across a broad range of technologies including organic chemistry, pharmaceuticals, materials science, solid state devices, polymers, biosensors, photolithography, adhesives, microfluidic devices, catalysts and nanotechnology. He also counsels clients on strategy and enforcement of patents.
In General. Prior to his law career, William was a synthetic chemist at Closure Medical. He has published many papers in the fields of polymers and lithography, and is a named inventor on two U.S. patents:
- “Decal Transfer Microfabrication,” Nuzzo, R. G.; Childs, W. R.; U.S. Patent No. 6,805,809.
- “Decal Transfer Lithography,” Nuzzo, R. G.; Childs, W. R.; Motala, M.; Lee, K. J.; U.S. Patent No. 7,662,545.
William received his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2008. He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry in 2004 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying polymers and lithography, and his B.S. in chemistry in 1997 from the College of William and Mary. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA) and the American Chemical Society (ACS). William is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Illinois, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.