Professionals

Practice Areas

Technologies

  • Chemistry
  • Food Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Polymer & Materials Science

Admissions

  • State of Connecticut, 2006
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2005
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1999

Education

Western New England University School of Law, J.D., 2005

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Chemistry, 1985

College of William and Mary, B.S., Chemistry, 1981

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J. Michael Buchanan, Ph.D.

Of Counsel
Hartford
860.286.2929
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Michael Buchanan's patent practice covers a wide variety of chemical inventions, including polymers, catalysis, nanotechnology, and food science. He has 16 years of experience drafting patent applications and coordinating their worldwide prosecution. He also advises clients on issues of patentability, infringement, freedom to operate, and strategic patent portfolio management. Before becoming a patent practitioner, Mike was a research chemist, project leader, and inventor with 24 U.S. patents.

Experience Highlights

Of Counsel, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2018-present

Partner, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2011-2018

Associate, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2005-2010

Patent Agent, Cantor Colburn LLP, 1999-2005

Patent Specialist, Eastman Kodak Company, 1998-1999

Research Scientist, Eastman Kodak Company, 1985-1998

Publications

  • A Convenient Method for Sealing and Opening NMR Tubes Under Air-Free Conditions
    ACS Symp. Ser. 1987, 357, 227
    R. G. Bergman, J. M. Buchanan, W. D. McGhee, R. A. Periana, P. F. Seidler, M. K. Trost, and T. Wenzel
  • Deference Overcome: Courts’ Invalidation of Patent Claims as Anticipated by Art Considered by the PTO
    Stanford Technical Law Review 2
    2006
  • Heats of reaction of Cp(PMe3)Ir(R)(H) (R = C6H5, C6H11, H) with HCl, CCl4, CBr4, and MeI. A solution thermochemical study of the C-H insertion reaction
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 3143
    S. P. Nolan, C. D. Hoff, P. O. Stoutland, L. J. Newman, J. M. Buchanan, R. G. Berman, G. K. Yang, and K. S. Peters
  • A kinetic and thermodynamic study of the reversible thermal carbon-hydrogen bond activation/reductive elimination of alkanes at iridium
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 1537
    J. M. Buchanan, J. M. Stryker, and R. G. Bergman
  • Reversible carbon-hydrogen bond insertion/reductive elimination in (η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)(trimethylphosphine) iridium complexes. Use in determining relative metal-carbon energies and thermally activating methane
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1984, 106, 1121
    M. J. Wax, J. M. Stryker, J. M. Buchanan, C. A. Kovac, and R. G. Bergman
  • Oxidative addition of soluble iridium and rhodium complexes to carbon-hydrogen bonds in methane and higher alkanes
    Pure Appl. Chem. 1984, 56, 13
    A. H. Janowicz, R. A. Periana, J. M. Buchanan, C. A. Kovac, J. M. Stryker, M. J. Wax, and R. G. Bergman
  • Oxidative addition of soluble iridium and rhodium complexes to carbon-hydrogen bonds in alkanes
    in B. L. Shapiro, ed. Organomet. Comp.: Synth., Struct., Theory, Proc. Symp. Ind.-Univ. Coop. Chem. Program Dep. Chem., Tex. A&M Univ., 1983, 420
    A. H. Janowicz, C. A. Kovac, R. A. Periana-Pillai, J. M. Buchanan, T. M. Gilbert, and R. G. Bergman
  • Effect of cure conditioning and aging on the molecular weight of LaRC-160
    Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.) 1981, 22, 107
    D. E. Kranbuehl, J. E. Smedley, S. Delos, and J. M. Buchanan

Events

  • The Connecticut Invention Convention 2016
    April 30, 2016
    UConn, Storrs, Connecticut

    Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), an award winning, internationally recognized, 501(c)(3) educational organization open to K-8 students statewide, and is designed to develop, encourage, and enhance critical thinking skills through invention, innovation and entrepreneurship. 

  • The Connecticut Invention Convention
    May 2, 2015
    Gampel Pavilion, UConn Storrs Campus

    Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), including Counsel Eric Baron, who is also a CIC board member.

    The annual convention gives students and parents an introduction to careers in engineering with exhibits staffed by UConn's students and professors which showcase engineering subjects, including civil, mechanical and chemical engineering – helping students discover engineering and science as real possible careers, definitely within reach.  

  • Connecticut Invention Convention
    May 3, 2014
    UConn Campus, Storrs, Connecticut

    On Saturday, May 3, 2014 at UConn's Storrs Campus, more than 600 young inventors will come together for the 30th annual state-wide Connecticut Invention Convention  hosted by UConn's School of Engineering.  Several Cantor Colburn attorneys are volunteer judges at the event.

  • UMass Innovation Challenge Final Business Plan Competition
    April 7, 2014
  • The 92nd Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary
    March 28, 2014
    New York, New York
  • UMass Innovation Challenge Final Business Plan Competition
    April 17, 2013
    Amherst, Massachusetts

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section

American Chemical Society, Chemistry and the Law Section

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Intellectual Property Owners Association

Community/Civic Involvement

Judge, University of Massachusetts Innovation Challenge, 2011-present