Patent Agent

JD, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
PhD Chemistry, University of Chicago
BS Chemistry with General Honors, University of Chicago

Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Helen Baca joined Clark & Elbing in 2009. Her work involves patent prosecution and opinion work, including assisting in the preparation of patentability, non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions. She works with clients to protect innovations related to medical devices; drug delivery; small molecule therapeutics; polymer chemistry; drug screening and discovery; and medical diagnostics.

Helen’s doctoral research focused on developing droplet-based microfluidic devices. This research was interdisciplinary, combining the fields of chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering. She has co-authored publications in several journals, including Angewandte Chemie, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Langmuir, and Analytical Chemistry.