Benjamin Gelfand Email & Phone Number

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Amending Claims to conform with the Patent Act and Patent Rules.
• Drafting responses to Examiner’s Reports.
• Scoping field’s current technology level, assessing client technology patentability.
• Drafting office actions for partners, foreign associates, and clients.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Worked in the Litigation and Small Claims team of the Legal Services Branch at the Ministry of Attorney General.
• Defended the Province or commenced actions on behalf of the Province for various claims.
• Promptly and professionally communicated via correspondence and/or orally with clients, third parties, defendants, and co-workers, to progress files towards preferred resolutions.
• Researched a variety of legal questions to provide legal summaries, answers, and opinions derived from case law, statutes, and secondary sources.
• Drafted a variety of documents for internal and external use; including terms of service agreements, notices to the court, applications to judges, memos, and affidavits.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Created and implemented SOPs, safety guidelines, and lab policies to allow a variety of parties to share lab space and equipment safely and efficiently.
• Worked for and with various stakeholders (professors, students, industrial collaborators, etc.) to understand their needs, expectations, and goals from my research, and developed new tests and reports to that end.
• In collaboration, designed, wrote, and edited 35 articles and 50+ conference presentations.
• Reviewed and refereed journal articles as part of peer-review process for scientific journals to determine quality of writing and work, and to identify areas of improvement.
• Taught researchers to use equipment, software, and theory in lectures and workshops using oral communication, visual and written aids, and interactive group learning.
• Adapted to evolving workflow via industry-specific continuous learning for equipment and software, and by developing new SOPs, new scheduling systems, and sharing my learning.

Calgary, Canada Area

After defending and submitting my doctoral thesis, I worked on gathering additional data to file a patent on a new technology, unrelated to the research presented in my thesis.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• GPA: 3.93/4.00
• Select awards: Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral, Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
• Research focused on the coordination of phosphonate monoesters to metal ions, with an emphasis on creating stable and porous materials
• Seventeen technical articles published in peer-reviewed journals as a result of this research(citations > 500, h-index = 10, i10 index = 10)
• Have given numerous oral presentations (10-60 mins) – including annual reports and international presentations
• Collaborated with a variety of people in different locations and from different backgrounds to quickly complete collaborative projects and meet deadlines

Calgary, Canada Area

• Responsible for screening samples for powder and single x-ray diffraction data collection
• Collecting and solving absolute structures using single crystal x-ray diffraction for publication
• Collecting and analyzing powder x-ray diffraction for unit cell analyses and qualitative comparisons

• Prepared lessons to effectively communicate and assessed understanding of new, difficult topics from a variety of student backgrounds
• Troubleshot diverse problems to ensure experiments could continue with minimal interruption and downtime
• Effectively communicated expectations and evaluated lab performance and written reports
• Managed records to ensure clarity and transparency in order for expectations to be continuously met
• Advised students on the most effective time-management strategies and means of improving their efficiency, productivity, and targets

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Juris Doctor, Law

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry

I began graduate school as a Master's student but decided in 2013 that I wanted to continue my studies and research in order to obtain a.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry With A Concentration In Nanoscience