Dr. Roman has over fifteen years’ experience as an intellectual property attorney. Prior
to joining Young Basile, Dr. Roman was a partner at an AMLAW 200 law firm. He advises
clients ranging from major research universities and small/start-up companies on
utilizing intellectual property to achieve strategic goals. He was recognized as a Super
Lawyers Rising Star from 2013 to 2018, a testament to his professional achievements and
peer recognition. Additionally, he is the inventor of eight granted U.S. patents,
underscoring his hands-on experience in innovation.
With a robust background in chemistry and law, Dr. Roman’s work includes preparing
and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications in the chemical arts,
invention disclosure and inventorship analysis, evaluating and developing patent
portfolios, preparing opinions on patent validity and freedom to operate, post-grant
challenges, trade secrets, and training business and technical clients and patent
attorneys on intellectual property matters. His expertise encompasses a diverse array of
chemistry, materials, and technologies, including polymers, small molecules,
organometallics, inorganic materials, hybrid materials, nanomaterials, biomaterials
pharmaceuticals, semiconductor materials, battery materials, imaging materials,
catalysis, analytical methods, process technology, pharmaceuticals, and food chemistry.
Industry Experience
After completing doctoral research in organometallic chemistry and postdoctoral
research in polymer and small molecule chemistry, Dr. Roman spent four years in various
research and development and engineering roles in global chemical/specialty materials
companies where he developed novel chemistries for advanced microelectronics
applications. Prior to law school, Dr. Roman was a staff researcher at the Georgia
Institute of Technology where he conducted research in photoresist materials
development and prepared and characterized polymer materials for evaluation in
advanced microelectronics applications.
Patents
U.S. Patent 7,074,640, “Method of making barrier layers”
U.S. Patent 7,067,346, “Titanium carbonate films for use in semiconductor processing”
U.S. Patent 6,787,198, “Hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films”
U.S. Patent 7,074,640, “Method of making barrier layers”
U.S. Patent 7,067,346, “Titanium carbonate films for use in semiconductor processing”
U.S. Patent 6,787,198, “Hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films”
U.S. Patent 6,723,388, “Method of depositing nanostructured films with embedded nanopores”
U.S. Patent 6,696,363, “Method of and apparatus for substrate pre-treatment”
U.S. Patent 6,566,276, “Method of making electronic materials”
U.S. Patent 6,018,078, “Stabilized N-Nitrosohydroxylamines”
Publications
Trevor Hoskins, Paul J Roman; Peter J. Ludovice, Clifford L. Henderson,
Equilibrium water uptake and diffusion behavior in model polynorbornene
photoresist polymers, Proc. SPIE, Pt. 2, Vol. 5753, Advances in Resist Technology
and Processing XXII, pp. 851-861, 2005.
Sean J. Barstow, Augustin Jeyakumar, Paul J. Roman and Clifford L. Henderson,
Direct Photopatterning of Metal Oxide Structures Using Photosensitive MetalOrganics, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2004, 151(10), F235-F241.
Paul J. Roman, Jr., Harold O. Madsen, Seigi Suh, Leo G. Svendsen, Shyama P.
Mukherjee, Aleta Jamora, Michael A. Fury and Katy Ip, PMODTM-based Direct
Thin Film Imaging, DTFITM, on Flexible Substrates, MRS Proceedings, Vol. 769,
H5.1, Spring 2003.
Paul J. Roman, Jr. and Jim D. Atwood, Carbonylation of trans-Ir(CO)Cl(TPPTS)2
and Reactivity of [Ir(CO)2(TPPTS)3]Cl (TPPTS = (tri-msulfonated)phenylphosphine) in DMSO and Water, Organometallics, 1997, 16(25),5536.
Paul J. Roman, Jr., David P. Paterniti, Ronald F. See, Melvyn Rowen Churchill
and Jim D. Atwood, Synthesis, Properties, and Reactions of Monosulfonated
Triphenylphosphine (PPh2(m-C6H4SO3K) = TPPMS) Complexes of Iridium(I).
Crystal and Molecular Structure of [N(CH2C6H5)(C2H5)3+][PPh2(m-C6H4SO3)-] • H2O, Organometallics, 1997, 16(7), 1484.