(9) Res Scientist, Organic Syn

Research Scientist, Organic Synthesis
Matter of [Name not Provided], File No. LIN 02 236 50605 (AAO Feb 26, 2004) (NIW granted)



The AAO sustained an appeal of a NSC denial of an NIW petition filed by a research scientist in organic chemistry. The petitioner studied glycorandomization and was responsible for the first total synthesis of martinellic acid.



Evidence Submitted



The petitioner submitted a number of witness letters, three of which were from members of the National Academy of Sciences. The letters submitted were highly favorable and were specific about the petitioner’s contributions to the field. One letter from the director of the laboratory for bioorganic chemistry at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center stated that the petitioner:



was instrumental in applying the nucleotide-sugar library to produce nonnatural “natural” products via combinatorial biology and glycorandomization technology.



Another witness, the director of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, asserted that the petitioner’s research:



is considered to have provided significant and influential advances in the fields of organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry.



The petitioner also submitted a letter that the AAO described as “independent” and “objective” evidence:



[Name not provided], a professor at the Scripps Research Institute and member of the National Academy of Sciences, asserts that he was aware of the petitioner’s papers from his own review of literature in the petitioner’s field. [The professor] notes that the technique of glycorandomization was developed in Dr. Thorson’s laboratory and asserts that the petitioner “improved these methods so that they could facilitate the synthesis of these natural products.” [The professor] concluded: “The technique he developed was a brilliant extension of the glycorandomization method.”

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