Areas of Focus

Pharmaceutical and Chemical Patent preparation and prosecution

Education

Cornell College (B.A., Chemistry, 1986)
University of Colorado at Boulder (Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, 1990)
University of Toledo (J.D., 2002)

Bar Information

Missouri, Admitted 2002
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Admitted 2004

Published Articles

Solomon v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.: The Federal Circuit Throws Out the 112, 2 "Regards Clause With Inventor Testimony, University of Toledo Law Review (2001)

Dr. Hendrickson's graduate and undergraduate work was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of the Electrochemical Society. In addition, she presented her graduate work at the American Chemical Society National Meeting.

Professional Summary

Dr. Hendrickson's practice includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical fields, with particular emphasis on anti-tumor drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs and materials science.

Before attending law school, Dr. Hendrickson taught Organic and Inorganic Chemistry at the College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas, where she won an Excellence in Teaching Award. Prior to teaching, she worked as an analytical chemist in the agricultural products division of DuPont Company.

Dr. Hendrickson's graduate work involved the rational design, synthesis and solution structure characterization of asymmetric hydrogenation catalysts. For the determination of solution structures, she aided the development of new NMR-based methods for determining the three-dimensional structures of small molecules.

Dr. Hendrickson received her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Cornell College in 1986, where she graduated cum laude. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and was named the Outstanding Junior and Senior Chemistry Student. In 1990, Dr. Hendrickson received her Doctorate of Philosophy in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she received both the E.L. King Fellowship for Outstanding Inorganic Graduate Student and the Conoco Graduate Fellowship.

Dr. Hendrickson received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Toledo in 2002. She graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Order of the Coif. She also was named the Highest Ranking Student in Patent Law, Patent Claims Drafting, Intellectual Property Survey, Research & Writing, Property I & II, Evidence and Trusts & Estates.

Dr. Hendrickson is a member of the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. "Dr. Hendrickson was named a Rising Star in the 2009 issue of Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, a recognition given to the top 2.5 percent of Missouri's up-and-coming attorneys."

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