{"id":89,"date":"2018-12-08T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/63.247.142.118\/?post_type=team&#038;p=89"},"modified":"2022-08-11T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T22:31:14","slug":"kathryn-hester","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/kathryn-hester\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn L. Hester, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"89\" class=\"elementor elementor-89\" data-elementor-post-type=\"team\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2eb5d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2eb5d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58c41d7\" data-id=\"58c41d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c157b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c157b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kathryn L. Hester, Ph.D., is a patent agent registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Kathryn focuses on patent preparation and prosecution before the US Patent and Trademark Office as well as foreign patent offices. She has extensive experience providing strategic and tactical patent counseling and portfolio management assistance to a broad base of clients ranging from individual inventors, high-tech startup companies, universities, and research institutions to large chemical, pharmaceutical, life science, medical device, nutrition, and manufacturing companies.<\/p><p>Her technological focus includes all areas of biotechnology, pharmaceutical compositions, molecular diagnostics and techniques, medical devices and equipment, skin care products, process technologies, and the chemical and mechanical arts.<\/p><p>As the firm&#8217;s Risk Manager, Kathryn is responsible for implementing and enforcing best policies and procedures for the firm (including adherence to each individual client&#8217;s guidelines for outside counsel) as well as overseeing all docketing matters. Kathryn also leads the firm&#8217;s Life Sciences Group.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cbfc1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"2cbfc1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4691\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4691\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Bar Admissions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4691\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4691\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4692\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4692\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Education<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4692\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4692\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.edu\/web.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">University of Oklahoma<\/a>, Ph.D., with honors, Biochemistry &amp; Molecular Biology<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/snu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Southern Nazarene University<\/a>, B.S., summa cum laude, Chemistry<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4693\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4693\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Awards<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4693\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4693\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathryn graduated from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Her graduate studies, which were funded by a STAR Graduate Fellowship from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, focused on the regulation of gene expression, and in particular, the proteins involved in catabolite repression control of enzymes involved in amino acid metabolism (the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bkd<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> operons) in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudomonas putida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Six publications resulted from her graduate work, including several papers in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Bacteriology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Journal of Biochemistry<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and chapters in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methods in Enzymology and Biochemistry<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physiology of Thiamin-Diphosphate Enzymes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4694\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4694\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Publications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4694\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4694\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hester KL, Luo J, Sokatch JR. Purification of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudomonas putida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase E1 component. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methods Enzymol.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 324:129-38 (2000). <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hester KL, Madhusudhan KT, Sokatch JR. Catabolite repression control by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crc<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2xYT medium is mediated by posttranscriptional regulation of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bkdR<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> expression in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudomonas putida. J Bacteriol<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 182(4):1150-3 (2000). <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hester KL, Lehman J, Najar F, Song L, Roe BA, MacGregor CH, Hager PW, Phibbs PV Jr, Sokatch JR. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crc<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is involved in catabolite repression control of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bkd<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> operons of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudomonas putida <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 182(4):1144-9 (2000). <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madhusudhan KT, Hester KL, Friend V, Sokatch JR. Transcriptional activation of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bkd<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> operon of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudomonas putida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by BkdR. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J Bacteriol.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 179(6):1992-7 (1997). <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hester, KL, Luo, J, Sokatch, JR. An unusual translation of the beta-subunit of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudomonas putida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase. H. Bisswanger and A. Schellenberger (Eds). In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biochemistry and Physiology of thiamin-diphosphate enzymes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. pp. 374-381 (1996). <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hester K, Luo J, Burns G, Braswell EH, Sokatch JR. Purification of active E1 alpha 2 beta 2 of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudomonas putida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> branched-chain-oxoacid dehydrogenase. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eur J Biochem. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">233(3):828-36 (1995).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4695\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4695\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Organizations<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4695\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4695\"><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Association for the Advancement of Science <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Society for Microbiology <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Chemical Society <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Intellectual Property Law Association <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intellectual Property Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Associate Member<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":939,"template":"","practice_area":[120,117,122],"position":[108],"coauthors":[140],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/89"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4489,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/89\/revisions\/4489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practice_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_area?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"position","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/position?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}