Alyssa Kava

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Alyssa Kava

Overview

Alyssa Kava is an intellectual property attorney in Leydig’s Boulder office whose practice focuses on patent prosecution. Her technical areas in patent prosecution the life sciences, the chemical arts, and materials science.

Dr. Kava attended the University of Denver Sturm College of Law during which time she worked as a summer associate and law clerk in Leydig’s Boulder office. Before law school, Dr. Kava received her Ph.D. in chemistry at Colorado State University. In that role, she researched electrochemical analysis at the point-of-care developing new paper based analytical devices for multiplex detection in multiple working conditions and new carbon composite electrode materials for point-of-care applications including the detection of heavy metals in environmental and biological samples.

Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D., 2024
    • Student Intellectual Property Law Association, Member
  • Colorado State University, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2020
    • Dissertation: “The Development of Portable Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental and Clinical Analysis”
  • Creighton University, B.S. in Chemistry, 2015

Admissions

  • Colorado State Bar
  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Honors

  • Sturm Law Scholar: University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Articles, Publications & Lectures

  • Exploring carbon particle type and plasma treatment to improve electrochemical properties of stencil-printed carbon electrodes: Talanta 221, 121553 (2021)
  • Disposable glassy carbon stencil printed electrodes for trace detection of cadmium and lead Analytica chimica acta 1103, 58-66 (2020)
  • Janus electrochemistry: Simultaneous electrochemical detection at multiple working conditions in a paper-based analytical device: Analytica chimica acta 1056, 88-95 (2019)
  • Beyond the lateral flow assay: A review of paper-based microfluidics: Microelectronic Engineering 206, 45-54 (2019)
  • Ion release and in vitro enamel fluoride uptake associated with pit and fissure sealants containing microencapsulated remineralizing agents: Am J Dent 30 (2), 59-64 (2017)
  • Ion release, fluoride charge of and adhesion of an orthodontic cement paste containing microcapsules: Journal of Dentistry 45, 32-38 (2016)

Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D., 2024
  • Student Intellectual Property Law Association, Member
  • Colorado State University, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2020
  • Dissertation: “The Development of Portable Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental and Clinical Analysis”
  • Creighton University, B.S. in Chemistry, 2015

Admissions

  • Colorado State Bar
  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office