Mark A. Buese, PH.D.

Education

• B.A. cum laude
  Chemistry
  Susquehanna University
• Ph.D. Chemistry
  University of Florida

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• U.S. and International Patent Prosecution

TECHNOLOGY AREAS

• Chemistry
• Macromolecular Science
• Materials Science
• Pharmaceuticals

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Senior Scientist, Clariant LSM (Florida) Inc., 1994-2005
• Assistant Professor, Temple University, Organic and
  Macromolecular Chemistry 1987-1994
• Staff Scientist, General Electric Corporate Research and
  Development, 1984-1987
• Charge de Recherches, Institut Charles Sadron, 1982-1983

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES

• Registered to Practice before the United States Patent and
• Trademark Office (USPTO)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• “Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-graft-oligo(hexafluoropropeneoxide)
  Via Ring-opening Polymerization,” ACS Symposium Series
  838 Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials, American
  Chemical Society, Washington, DC 2003: Ch. 26.
• “Living Block Copolymerization of Phenylvinylsulfoxides and
  Characterization of a Stereogradient Polymer,” Die
  Makromolekulare Chemie, Macromolecular Symposia, Living
  Polymerization, 1995, 95, 287.
• Silicone Networks Prepared via a Living Percolation
  Mechanism: Postgel Structure for Networks with a Variety of
  Junction Functionalities, Journal of the American Chemical
  Society, 1993: 115, 11475.
• “Size Dependent Polycondensation of α,ω-Di-Hydroxyoligo
  (dimethylsiloxane),” Macromolecules 1992: 25:4821.
• Stereoelective Anionic Polymerization of Chiral Monomers
  via Interconverting Ion Pair Epimers, Recent Advances in
  Anionic Polymerization, Elsevier, New York 1987: 231.
• “Oligomerization of Vinyl Monomers. 17. Stereoselective
  Methylation of 1-Lithio-1,3-bis(phenylsulfinyl) butane.
  Kinetic vs. Thermodynamic Control in the Formation of
  Diastereomeric Ion Pairs,” Journal of the American Chemical
  Society, 1985, 107, 4509.
• Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 6,346,553:
  “Alkymethylsiloxane-dimethylsilicone polyalkylene oxide
  copolymers”
• Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 5,914,420: “Perfluorinated
  Organo Substituted Cyclosiloxanes and Copolymers
  Prepared from these Cyclosiloxanes”
• Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 5,347,028: “Highly
  Functionalized Polycyclosiloxanes and their Polymerization
  into Thermally Reversible Living Rubbers”

SELECTED PATENTS

• 8,648,247: Solarturf: Solar Energy Harvesting Artificial Turf
• 8,540,976: Poly (Non-Conjugated Diene) Based Sunscreens
• 8,455,661: Catalysts Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for
  Enantioselective Synthesis
• 8,450,449: Multi-Colored Conjugated Polymers with Highly
  Transmissive Oxidized State
• 8,404,099: Electrolysis of Spent Fuel Pool Water for Hydrogen
  Generation
• 8,361,437: Multimodal Nanoparticles for Non-Invasive BioImaging