Organic Chemistry Research Scientist
Matter of [Name not Provided], File No. [Not Provided] (AAO Jan. 9, 2004) (NIW granted)
The AAO sustained an appeal of a NSC denial of an NIW petition filed by a research scientist in organic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin. The petitioner was researching the use of sunlight to fuel the chemical processes used in the chemical industry to produce synthetic chemical products.
Evidence Submitted
The petitioner submitted several witness letters. The AAO found them persuasive because the letters came from experts at the top of the petitioner’s field, were specific about the petitioner’s place in the field, and stressed the impact of the petitioner’s discoveries. Dr. Milan Hajek, deputy head of the Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Processes, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, described the petitioner’s discovery about the stages of photoreactions and explained how the discovery made possible the creation of new industrial processes using solid-state photoreaction technology:
The only disadvantage which until now prevented the solid-state photoreactions from wide practical application is that they were considered to keep high selectivity only up to very small conversion… But now, with the new results of [the petitioner’s] study this problem seems to be much closer to its solution. The basic idea of [the petitioner’s] discovery is that in many cases solid-state photoreactions occur in stages with its own selectivity characteristic for each consequent stage… This discovery definitely allows creating of new industrial processes based on solid-state photochemistry.
Similarly, Professor Dietrich Dopp of Gerhard Mercator of Universitat, Dui*****erg, Germany, noted that the petitioner “made a number of very important contributions into this field.” Professor Dopp discussed a case in which the petitioner’s work changed a “traditional opinion” that was “widely accepted” in the field:
The remarkable discovery by [the petitioner] . . . dramatically enlarges the area of possible practical applications of photochemistry. His finding of the solid-state photoreaction occurring in stages with sometimes increased selectivity at later stages came against the traditional opinion widely accepted by scientists in the field. . . . [The petitioner] has already demonstrated the usefulness of his discovery by finding some enone reactions which result in obtaining products of the second stage.
Finally, the petitioner received strongly worded letters of support from experts at the very top of the field. The decision stated:
Professor Howard E. Zimmerman, a member of the highly prestigious and exclusive National Academy of Sciences, supervises the petitioner’s work…. Prof. Zimmerman states that the petitioner possesses abilities not found in his colleagues, and that the petitioner “has already made several important contributions to the field.” Prof. Zimmerman acknowledges that, at this point, the petitioner’s contributions are theoretical rather than practical, but “[t]he practical applications for U.S. industry [are] enormous.” Numerous witnesses stress both the cost savings and environmental benefits to be gained by building on the petitioner’s fundamental work.
The Approval
The AAO found that the petitioner adequately demonstrated his impact on the field. In this case, the submitted witness letters, the only evidence discussed in the decision, were specific about the petitioner’s contributions to the field, stressed the importance of these contributions, and came from experts at the top of the petitioner’s field. Based on the witness letters provided, the AAO found that:
the petitioner has earned a significant reputation outside of his immediate circle of mentors and collaborators, and . . . established experts in the field consider his work to be highly significant in establishing a theoretical framework upon which to build.
Matter of [Name not Provided], File No. [Not Provided] (AAO Jan. 9, 2004) (NIW granted)
The AAO sustained an appeal of a NSC denial of an NIW petition filed by a research scientist in organic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin. The petitioner was researching the use of sunlight to fuel the chemical processes used in the chemical industry to produce synthetic chemical products.
Evidence Submitted
The petitioner submitted several witness letters. The AAO found them persuasive because the letters came from experts at the top of the petitioner’s field, were specific about the petitioner’s place in the field, and stressed the impact of the petitioner’s discoveries. Dr. Milan Hajek, deputy head of the Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Processes, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, described the petitioner’s discovery about the stages of photoreactions and explained how the discovery made possible the creation of new industrial processes using solid-state photoreaction technology:
The only disadvantage which until now prevented the solid-state photoreactions from wide practical application is that they were considered to keep high selectivity only up to very small conversion… But now, with the new results of [the petitioner’s] study this problem seems to be much closer to its solution. The basic idea of [the petitioner’s] discovery is that in many cases solid-state photoreactions occur in stages with its own selectivity characteristic for each consequent stage… This discovery definitely allows creating of new industrial processes based on solid-state photochemistry.
Similarly, Professor Dietrich Dopp of Gerhard Mercator of Universitat, Dui*****erg, Germany, noted that the petitioner “made a number of very important contributions into this field.” Professor Dopp discussed a case in which the petitioner’s work changed a “traditional opinion” that was “widely accepted” in the field:
The remarkable discovery by [the petitioner] . . . dramatically enlarges the area of possible practical applications of photochemistry. His finding of the solid-state photoreaction occurring in stages with sometimes increased selectivity at later stages came against the traditional opinion widely accepted by scientists in the field. . . . [The petitioner] has already demonstrated the usefulness of his discovery by finding some enone reactions which result in obtaining products of the second stage.
Finally, the petitioner received strongly worded letters of support from experts at the very top of the field. The decision stated:
Professor Howard E. Zimmerman, a member of the highly prestigious and exclusive National Academy of Sciences, supervises the petitioner’s work…. Prof. Zimmerman states that the petitioner possesses abilities not found in his colleagues, and that the petitioner “has already made several important contributions to the field.” Prof. Zimmerman acknowledges that, at this point, the petitioner’s contributions are theoretical rather than practical, but “[t]he practical applications for U.S. industry [are] enormous.” Numerous witnesses stress both the cost savings and environmental benefits to be gained by building on the petitioner’s fundamental work.
The Approval
The AAO found that the petitioner adequately demonstrated his impact on the field. In this case, the submitted witness letters, the only evidence discussed in the decision, were specific about the petitioner’s contributions to the field, stressed the importance of these contributions, and came from experts at the top of the petitioner’s field. Based on the witness letters provided, the AAO found that:
the petitioner has earned a significant reputation outside of his immediate circle of mentors and collaborators, and . . . established experts in the field consider his work to be highly significant in establishing a theoretical framework upon which to build.
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