Dr. Hydorn is the author of several books in diverse fields including aquarium keeping, physical chemistry and organic chemistry.Dr. Hydorn and Douglas Salser (both retired from USPTO) have formed a partnership to provide Intellectual Property lectures and information. They are the creators of the "Take a SIP" presentations series - Seminars for Inventors on Patents, and Seminars on Intellectual Property.Dr. Hydorn was an Adjunct Professor at Germanna Community College (GCC) in Fredericksburg Virginia, instructing undergraduate and nursing students, both on-site and via distance learning, teaching each semester including summer terms.Dr. Hydorn was the Patent and Trademark Resource Centers Program’s former patent examiner in-residence. He was a part of the USPTO's information dissemination group; he assisted attorneys, entrepreneurs, inventors, and legal professionals in their dealings with USPTO. From 1996-2006 he was the manager of the Partnership Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries - the predecessor of USPTO's regional offices. And from 1996 to his retirement in May 2016, he has been one of the best-known, internationally-recognized, and most requested experts for providing the highest quality patent and intellectual property information and presentations.Dr. Hydorn holds a dual B.S. in Chemistry (fluorescense) and in Marine Biology (tidal ecosystems); an M.S. in Chemistry (asymmetric organic synthesis, biophysics, and molecular genetics); a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography (marine aquarium stabilities); a D.Div. in Applied Theology; a Ph.D. and a further D.Sc.Chem. in Medicinal Chemistry (antibiotics, chemodiagnostics, and chemotherapeutics). He was a Robert A. Welch Foundation Fellow at the University of Texas – San Antonio (chemodiagnostics); and he held a Summer Postdoctoral Internship with Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Ann Arbor (antibiotics).
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