Patent research services, including Patentability, Freedom to Operate, Validity, and State-of-the-Art seaching services.

• US and foreign patent prosecution• Patent and trademark application preparation, patent claim drafting, and prior art searching.

• Prepared cases for trial, delivered in-court arguments, and conducted plea negotiations with state attorneys. • Represented indigent clients facing violation, misdemeanor, and felony charges.

• Assisted law students with legal research in the Westlaw computer databases.• Assisted professors and student organizations with setup and implementation of Westlaw’s TWEN classroom platform.

Studies in Intellectual Property

• Prosecuted patents in the chemical, electro-chemical, pharmaceutical, and mechanical arts.• Conducted multiple in-person interviews at the USPTO with Examiners.• Performed research for a major patent litigation case involving generic pharmaceuticals.• Handled a first-year Associate patent prosecution docket with minimal substantive review.

• Worked with chemists and physicists in research centered on the synthesis and characterization of metal oxides and magnetic nanoparticles.• Participated in the design, construction, and testing of a portable air isolation chamber for attachment to Transmission Electron Microscopes.• Maintained inventory of laboratory chemicals and supplies.