Drafted, reviewed, revised and negotiated a variety of contracts and licenses for clients

Prepared and prosecuted patent applications

Set up and built an IP program and managed worldwide IP portfolio, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and IP budget and annuities. Activities included negotiations, contract drafting and review, freedom-to-operate (FTO) and product clearance analyses, acquisition (M&A) due diligence, training, client counseling, infringement analyses, litigation management and support, process implementation and improvement, trade secret protection, and open-source software (OSS) license… Show more Set up and built an IP program and managed worldwide IP portfolio, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and IP budget and annuities. Activities included negotiations, contract drafting and review, freedom-to-operate (FTO) and product clearance analyses, acquisition (M&A) due diligence, training, client counseling, infringement analyses, litigation management and support, process implementation and improvement, trade secret protection, and open-source software (OSS) license management.• Set up IP management system (Anaqua) and legal invoicing system (SimpleLegal) • Supported patent infringement and trade secret litigation with a favorable settlement • Mapped products and technologies to patents for quick retrieval in infringement investigations and virtual patent marking Varian Medical Systems' Imaging Components Division split off to form a separate public company, Varex Imaging Corporation, in 2017. Varex is a medical and industrial x-ray imaging and component manufacturer of sources (x-ray tubes, linear particle accelerators, and carbon nanotube (CNT) emitters), detectors and photon counters, software, collimators, and high voltage connectors and components. Show less

Prepared and prosecuted patent applications in-house and performed product clearance analyses.• Separated Imaging Components Division's IP from Varian Medical Systems including reviewing IP and technology separation agreements and filing patent and trademark assignments • Set up processes for in-house U.S. patent filingsVarian provided radiation oncology for cancer treatment equipment and was x-ray imaging manufacturer and software developer.

Prepared and prosecuted US and foreign patent applications, performed patentability and product clearance analyses, and drafted non-infringement and invalidity opinions.

Prepared and prosecuted US and foreign patent applications, instructed foreign associates, performed patentability searching, and supported patent litigation.• Drafted wireless mobile phone applications including standard-essential patents (SEPs)Practice emphasis technologies included wireless technology (LTE spec), GPS, software, networking, electronics, semiconductor processing, integrated circuit (IC) design, optical devices, printers, and business methods.

Prepared and prosecuted US and foreign patent applications, instructed foreign associates, performed patentability searching, and supported patent litigation.

CEntry Constructors and Engineers (industrial subsidiary previously owned by Layton Construction)Estimator for industrial construction projects

Test Engineer of DRAM and SDRAM memory products

General Contractor of residential homes

TRW (now Northrop Grumman [military/government contractor])Systems Engineer of power and codes equipment for ICBM missile system