Education: University of California, Irvine (B.S. Biological Sciences, 1983; Ph.D. Biological Sciences, 1992); California State University, Long Beach (M.S., Biological Sciences, 1986); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2005).

Membership: Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.

Experience:

• Prosecute patent applications through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
• Preparing, writing, and filing new patent applications.
• Managing patent portfolios and developing patent strategies.
• Practiced in intellectual property field since 1997, specializing in biological and chemical patents.

Publications:

• Parker, L. T., Hamideh Zakeri, Qiang Deng, Sandy Spurgeon, Pui-Yan Kwok and Deborah A. Nickerson. (1997). “AmpliTaq DNA Polymerase, FS Dye-Terminator Sequencing: Analysis of Peak Height Patterns” In The PCR Technique: DNA Sequencing II, ed. U. Gyllensten and J. Ellingboe. Natick: Eaton Publishing Co, pp. 75-84.

• Parker, L. T., Hamideh Zakeri, Qiang Deng, Sandy Spurgeon, Pui-Yan Kwok and Deborah A. Nickerson. (1996). "Peak Height Variations in Automated Sequencing Using Taq-FS Dye-Terminator Chemistry" BioTechniques 1996; 21: 694-699.

• Parker, L. T., Qiang Deng, Hamideh Zakeri, Christopher Carlson, Deborah A. Nickerson, and Pui-Yan Kwok. (1995) "Peak Height Variations is Automated Sequencing of PCR products using Taq Dye-Terminator Chemistry." BioTechniques 19: 116-121.

• Parker, L.T. and H. Koopowitz. (1993). "Chloroplast DNA and the Determination of species status in the Disa-tripetaloides-Complex (Orchidaceae) and its relationship to three Racemosae species within the Disa section." Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 21: 799-808.

• Parker, L. T. and Leamy, L. (1991). "Fluctuating Asymmetry of Morphometric Characters in House Mice: The Effects of Age, Sex and Phenotypical Extremeness." J. Heredity 82: 145-150.