Representative Experience
Prepare and prosecute patents for various leading technology companies and universities before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and international patent offices in the chemical, mechanical, and light electrical arts. 

Conduct various intellectual property-related searches regarding patentability and freedom to operate (clearance).

Publications
Shahriari, D. Y. p-Type Transparent Conducting Oxides and Methods for Preparation, U.S. Patent 6,979,435, December 27, 2005.

Ingram, B. J. et al., Transport and Defect Mechanisms in Cuprous Delafossites. Part 1: A Comparison of Hydrothermal and Standard Solid-State Synthesis in CuAlO₂. Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 5616-5622.

Ingram, B. J. et al., Transport and Defect Mechanisms in Cuprous Delafossites. Part 2: CuScO₂ and CuYO_2. Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 5616-5622.

Shahriari, D. Y. Hydrothermal Synthesis of CuAlO₂ and related Delafossite Oxides, Ph.D. Dissertation, Northwestern University, 2004.

Shahriari, D. Y. et al., Direct Synthesis of AgInO_2. J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 2003, 64, 1437-1441.

Shahriari, D. Y. et al., p-Type Transparent Conductors. 10th International Ceramics Congress, 2002, 33, 1073-1084.

Shahriari, D. Y. et al., A high yield hydrothermal preparation of CuAlO_2. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 5734-5735