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Provide in-house corporate intellectual property legal services. Includes patent preparation and prosecution, patent clearance search review, and managing prosecution of entire foreign portfolio.

Counsel clients on intellectual property matters including drafting and negotiating agreements such as license, joint development, and confidentiality agreements; conduct trademark clearance and registrability searches and render opinions; prepare and prosecute trademark applications; draft and prosecute patent applications. Clients include precision tool manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, furniture manufacturers, furniture and accessory retailers, chemical product manufacturers, consumer product manufacturers, food manufacturers.

Job-shared Chief Intellectual Property position at The Pillsbury Company for months preceding acquisition by General Mills. Sole contact and manager of intellectual property legal matters for clients. Conducted due diligence on take over targets, conducted review of clearance searches and rendered opinions, drafted and negotiated complex intellectual property agreements, prepared and prosecuted US and foreign patent applications. Examples of client industries included medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, semiconductor processing equipment manufacturers, food companies, consumer product manufacturers, warewash and floor care and laundry product manufacturers.

First in-house intellectual property counsel at semiconductor process and capital equipment manufacuter. Developed and implemented policies and procedures to protect intellectual property assets of company. Provided counseling on intellectual property matters to upper management including managing and review of due diligence for takeover targets. Conducted clearance searches and provided opinions on patentability and infringement matters. Managed entire intellectual property portfolio of company including US and foreign patents and trademarks. Researched and implemented use of internal docket. Drafted and negotiated complex intellectual property agreements including multi-million dollar license agreements, joint development agreements and confidentiality agreements and IP provisions of corporate transactions. Assisted General Counsel in patent litigation management. Developed and provided intellectual property education seminars for internal clients on an on-going basis. Hired and managed outside counsel.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Bacteriology