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Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Drafted provisional patent applications (90% from scratch)• Prepared provisional patent applications for conversion to PCT and/or national utility applications• Prepared US Nationalizations and supervised foreign associates/outside counsel for foreignnationalizations• Prepared responses to Office Actions and conducted Examiner interviews• Provided patent-related advice and education to scientists and other internal stakeholders• Technology areas: Livestock processes, Reproductive Technologies, CRISPR Edits, Molecular Biology• Determined of inventorship for patent applications, technology to be considered for patent protection• Supervised outside counsel for internal projects and in-licensed technology• Prepared template applications for various related technologies• Created Excel macros for dealing with unique sequence listing issues• Converted consultant-programmed Excel macro that created ST25 output to create multi sequence filesfor import into WIPO sequence for ST26• Led effort to create Inventor Recognition Program with IP Team members and other stakeholders

Greater St. Louis Area

• Drafted provisional patent applications (95% from scratch)• Prepared provisional patent applications for conversion to US Non-Provisional or PCT• Prepared nationalization or continuation applications for PCT applications• Drafted responses for US Office actions; provided instructions for foreign associate responses• Prepared patentability reports, including searches of Google Patents, USPTO, and WIPO keywordsearches, use of USPTO classification system.• Technology areas: Biofuels, Immunology, Radiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry• Prepared Information Disclosure Statements• Revised figures for various application stages using Chemdoodle, GIMP, Office, and Acrobat• Prepared responses to USPTO administrative notices, e.g. Notice of Allowance, Notice to SubmitCorrected Application Papers• Completed USPTO paperwork including Application Data Sheets, Request for Continued Examination,Color Petition, Petition to Revive, etc.• Analyzed patents and client processes to assist in Freedom to Operate Searches• Created new mechanisms to enhance firm organization• Participated in client and USPTO examiner interviews in presence of supervising attorney

Greater St. Louis

• Learned new techniques in a short period of time as project needs changed• Gene synthesis, traditional and PCR based cloning, and high throughput DNA plasmid preps• Expressed and purified protein in Bacillus thuringiensis and E. coli for toxicity screening• DNA and RNA library preparation for Illumina® sequencing• Biomek automation was utilized as applicable• SDS-PAGE for protein purity or quantification• PCR based DNA cloning, DNA sequence analysis, and transformation into bacteria• Trained new lab personnel• Won two awards for excellence in collaboration and agility

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Tested antibody reactivity in Western blot and immunoprecipitation reactions• Screened genes in Drosophila melanogaster using genetic and pharmacological techniques• Supervised undergraduate students

• Ran effectiveness tests for hard surface disinfectants and antimicrobial handwashes• Prepared the hard surface disinfectants and ran flash point tests.

• Thesis: Genetics of the Drosophila syndecan region• Drosophila genetics• Southern blots• Gene cloning.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

Ms, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, And Biophysics

O'Connor Lab

Ba, Biology

Activities and Societies: Science Fiction Alliance

Master Of Science - Ms

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