Dr. Bynum supports clients with patent preparation and prosecution matters, concentrating his practice on U.S. patent prosecution across the chemical, polymer and materials science, and biotechnology industries. He also assists clients in IP due diligence, patentability assessments, and freedom-to-operate analyses. With more than a decade of hands-on research in polymer chemistry, renewable and non-renewable fuel systems and infrastructure, and degradable biomaterials, Dr. Bynum supports clients in navigating complex patent landscapes by translating technical findings into unique and strategic decisions.
His technical experience has led to the development of insights into renewable fuel storage tank degradation, novel acrylic composites, advances in thermal frontal polymerization, cure-on-demand bone cements, and tunable ZnO quantum dots. He is skilled in polymer synthesis; small molecule and materials characterization; reaction monitoring and kinetics; composite formulations chemistry; surface modification; hydrogel formulation; corrosion and biodegradation chemistry; and fuel degradation chemistry.
Dr. Bynum is the first author and supporting author for multiple peer-reviewed publications, as well as an invited author of a review highlighting the unforeseen aging infrastructure of underground storage tanks. He has presented multiple oral and poster presentations and national, regional, and local scientific conferences and meetings.