Reese Sloan

Reese Sloan is a technical advisor in Patterson + Sheridan’s Waco office where he collaborates with the firm’s attorneys to protect client inventions. He assists in preparing and prosecuting patent applications within the fields of life sciences and chemistry.

Reese is a meticulous researcher, which he demonstrated while earning his Ph.D. in Polymer Sciences and Engineering from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). He has broad experience across a number of complex subject areas, including biology, polymers, environmentally friendly materials and aerospace composites. For his dissertation, Reese focused on understanding the stress relaxation behaviors and mechanical property retention for vitrimer reprocessing, designing degradable thermoplastic materials and developing surface-modified membranes for use in oil-water separation. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Polymer Science with a minor in Chemistry from USM.