Debodhonyaa Sengupta, Ph.D. Student Associate

Deb Sengupta is a student associate in the firm’s Chemical/Biotech Practice Group.  Her practice includes patent prosecution, litigation support, and client counseling, primarily within the areas of organic and materials chemistry. Dr. Sengupta joined Sughrue Mion upon receiving her Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University.  Her thesis covered "The Importance of Surface Chemistry in Mechanical Energy Dissipation of Nanomechanical Devices".  Additionally, Dr. Sengupta has been granted limited recognition to practice in patent cases before the USPTO under 37 C.F.R. § 11.9(b). Dr. Sengupta is currently pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at the George Washington University Law School, and expects to graduate May, 2012.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Limited Recognition to Practice in Patent Cases Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)

George Washington University Law School (J.D.  2012)
Cornell University (Ph.D. Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 2008)
Cornell University (M.S. Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 2004)
Miranda House, University of Delhi, India (B.S. Chemistry, with honors 2002)

Research Experience: Cornell University
Advisor: Prof. Melissa A. Hines
Dr. Sengupta has extensive experience in the fabrication MHz-range silicon resonators at the Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility, a state of the art nanofabrication user facility and a leading member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network. She has functionalized surfaces of the fabricated devices using organic chemistry procedures, and has performed extensive surface characterization of these resonators using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction.


Associations
American Bar Association (Student Member)

AIPLA (Student Member): Co-Chair of the Law Students Committee; Member of the Young Lawyers, Checmical Practice, Patent Litigation and IP Practice in Japan Committees

Coauthor - "ANDA Litigation- The Pitfalls of the Para IV letter after Takeda v. Mylan," Andrews Intellect. Prop. Litig. Reptr., Vol.16, Issue 12 (October 6, 2009)
Coauthor - "Nanomechanical Resonant Devices:  Surface Chemistry,Challenges, and Opportunities", Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2005)

Coauthor - "Methyl Monolayers Suppress Mechanical Energy Dissipatio in Micromechanical Silicon Resonators", Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5736 (2004)