Nick Gerovac Email & Phone Number

1155 North First Street, Suite 105, San Jose, California 95112

Supported litigation teams by constructing claim charts, performing infringement analyses, evaluating prior art, making invalidity assertions, and rebutting infringement/invalidity arguments. Participated in patent prosecution, drafting applications and responding to USPTO office actions. Oversaw international prosecution for 16 months, forming and coordinating response strategies in 12 jurisdictions, including China, Japan, Korea, India, and the EPO.Participated in the acquisition of patents, working with patent brokers and performing due diligence analysis.Representative arts include computer graphics, wireless networking standards, network appliances, image processing hardware, RFID, cloud computing, multi-tenancy and single-tenancy database systems, virtual machines, network security, and social networks.

Housing Group, El Monte Office

Performed a statistical analysis of terminations from the Section 8 Housing Program in Los Angeles County. Interviewed potential clients and performed research.

Hoffmann Group, Department Of Chemistry And Chemical Biology

Assembled and administered the research group computer cluster and work terminals, 30 computers in total.Wrote software to assist in performing chemical simulations and visualization.

Pasadena, California

Synthesized and characterized a series of thermoelectric materials in the Bi-Sb-Te system. Thermoelectric materials are able to convert thermal gradients into electricity, and vice versa. (Summer of 2001).Designed and performed optical noise simulations for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna project, a proposed space-based gravitational wave observatory. (Summer of 2000).

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Student Intellectual Property Law AssociationCALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Patent Law Practice.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry

Dissertation: "A Computational Exploration of Extended Solids Taken from Observation, Imagination, and Simulation". Advisor: Prof. Roald.

Bachelor'S Degree, Applied Physics

Activities and Societies: Caltech Fencing TeamFocus: Quantum mechanics, optics, solid state physics, material science. Semifinalist, Doris.