Jessica A. Schulze, Ph.D. is registered patent agent with experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications for clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Such patent applications relate to a variety of technologies including semiconductors, machine learning models, biomedical devices, mechanical devices, software and hardware relating to data storage and authentication, chemical formulations, and pharmaceutical clinical trials.
Prior to joining Harrity & Harrity, Jessica practiced as a registered patent agent at the Marbury Law Group in Reston, Virginia and Workman Nydegger in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jessica is currently pursuing her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law with an Intellectual Property certificate.
Before starting her legal career, Jessica completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry with a Doctoral Minor in Computational Material Science from Penn State University under the direction of Distinguished Professor Adri van Duin. Jessica also completed an Honors Bachelors of Science in Chemistry and Bachelors of Science in Mathematics from the University of Utah with an Honors Thesis under the direction of Professor Ryan Steele. Jessica’s past research includes developing and utilizing computer methods in quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics to investigate iron-hydride complexes, poly(vinyl) alcohol hydrogels for neuron transplants, amino acids embedded in ice grains for space exploration, and cryo-EM structural biology experimental parameters.
Jessica currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and enjoys hiking, camping, paddleboarding, and golfing in her free time. Additionally, Jessica enjoys sitting on her front porch while reading with her two puppies. Jessica also enjoys playing any type of game including board games, card games, and video games.
1. Jessica A. Schulze, Dundar Yilmaz, Morgan Cable, Michael Malaska, Amy Hofmann, Robert Hodyss, Jonathan Lunine, Adri van Duin, Andres Jaramillo-Botero. Effect of salts in the formation and hypervelocity-induced fragmentation of icy clusters with embedded amino acids. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00267.
2. Jessica A. Schulze, Malgorzata Kowalik, Mutian Hua, Shuwang Wu, Yousif Alsaid, Ximin He, Adri C. T. van Duin. Investigation of Mechanical Properties in PVA Hydrogels Due to Cation Interactions Described by Reactive Forcefield Based Molecular Dynamics Simulations. JOM. 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s11837-022-05482-y.
3. Riju Banerjee, Tomotaroh Granzier-Nakajima, Aditya Lele, Jessica A. Schulze, Md Jamil Hossain, Wenbo Zhu, Lavish Pabbi, Malgorzata Kowalik, Adri C. T. van Duin, Mauricio Terrones, and E. W. Hudson. On the Origin of Nonclassical Ripples in Draped Graphene Nanosheets: Implications for Straintronics. ACS Applied Nanomaterials. 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c02137.
4. Md Jamil Hossain, Prashik Gaikwad, Yun Shin, Jessica A. Schulze, Katheryn Penrod, Meng Li, Yuxiao Lin, Adri van Duin. eReaxFF forcefield development for Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells applications. Npj Computational Materials. 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41524-024-01268-9.
5. Jessica A. Schulze. Investigation of organic materials in electrolyte solutions using reactive molecular dynamics with applications in hydrogels, cryo-EM, and planetary science. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 2022.
6. Jessica A. Schulze. A computational investigation of the quantum motion in simple and complex hydrogen containing complexes. Honors Thesis, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2017.
JESSICA A. SCHULZE
PATENT AGENT
Phone: 571-432-0800
University of New Hampshire – Franklin Pierce School of Law (JD with an IP Certificate, 2026)
Pennsylvania State University (PhD, Chemistry with a Doctoral Minor in Computational Materials Science, 2022)
University of Utah (Honors BS Chemistry, BS Mathematics, 2017)
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)