Kimberlynn Becnel Davis, Ph.D.

Patent Agent
404-645-7703
kdavis@m2IPlaw.com

Kimberlynn Becnel Davis supports the patent prosecution practice at McKeon Meunier as a Patent Agent. Dr. Davis previously held an Internship position at the Office of Technology Transfer at Emory University. She was also Graduate Research Assistant in the Chemistry Department at Emory, and was a Summer Intern in Medicinal Chemistry at Eli Lilly and Company.

Memberships and Affiliations
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, Emerging Leaders Network-Georgia Bio
Member, National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE).

Publications and Presentations 
“The Key to Prosecution Laches” Gregory J. Carlin and Kimberlynn B. Davis; J. of Intellectual Property Law; The U. of Georgia School of Law; Vol. 18; Spring 2011; No. 2; pp. 533 to 540.

"The Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Patent Landscape," Rishi Gupta, Kimberlynn Davis, Christopher Ramsey, Andrew Meunier, and Kelly Kordzik, 6 Nanotechnology Law & Business (Issue 3, 2009).

"Synthesis and Evaluation of 2'-Substituted Cyclobutyl Nucleosides and Nucleotides as Potential Anti-HIV Agents," with Y. Li, S. Mao, M.W. Hager, R.F. Schinazi, D.C. Liotta, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 17, 3398-3401 (2007).

"Effects of a Cationic Substituent on the Rate of the Cope Rearrangement," Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students - Fall 2002, Fall 2003; American Chemical Society, Organic Division, Chemical Education - Spring 2003.

Technologies

Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Medicinal Chemistry

Admissions

United States Patent & Trademark Office

Education

BS, Xavier University of Louisiana
summa cum laude, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Alpha Kappa Mu
Biochemistry

PhD, Emory University
Organic Chemistry