Rendered opinions on patentability, patent validity, patent infringement, state of the art, trademark registrability, and trademark infringement. Provided support for patent-related litigation. Prepared and prosecuted patent applications and trademark applications before the Patent and Trademark Office. Technical areas represented by drafted, prosecuted and reviewed patent applications include biochemistry, pharmaceuticals, polymer chemistry, materials science, fluid control and processing, refractory materials, sensor technologies and process control. Prepared and reviewed nondisclosure agreements for intercompany use of technologies.Set up and managed the client services of a multi-million dollar congressionally mandated center directing industrial users to new technologies and expertise in the federal laboratory system. Represented the Center at technical and federal agency conferences, providing marketing information on its services. Evaluated text search software for use by Center technology transfer agents and for Internet services. Served as an invited panelist at Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) conferences. Developed software for processing documents for text search system and trained staff members in its use. Participated in the planning of the Center's structure, activities and services, including presentations to NASA Headquarters Office of Technology Commercialization staff.Developed curricula, wrote course textbooks, and taught courses and laboratory sections in general chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, physics and computer science.Performed research relating to materials science and to organosilane chemistry.