Manage and develop global patent portfolios encompassing Cranial & Spinal Technologies. Provide legal counsel to Medtronic's CST business unit concerning intellectual property issues involving medical devices, surgical platforms, and implantable systems.

Managed global intellectual property portfolios owned by PAVmed, Lucid Diagnostics, and Veris Health across various medical device product lines.• Developed global strategies for patent and trademark portfolios of various business segments and product lines; mined existing patent applications for subject matter supportive of additional filings to achieve competitive and protective strategies.• Managed IP dockets: analyzed communications and actions of domestic and foreign intellectual property offices; prepared responses to U.S.P.T.O. office actions; developed arguments and instructions for foreign counsel's preparation of filings aligned with global patent strategies; directed outside counsel; and reviewed attorney work product. • Led patent harvesting efforts for multiple product lines: created and implemented company wide Invention Disclosure processes; conducted recurring IP discovery meetings with engineering and medical team members; attended recurring product team meetings; explored patentability of discovered product variations, improvements, and planned iterations, as well as potential new products and services; investigated patentable concepts and drafted new applications pro re nata. • Monitored competitive landscapes: conducted patent searches, infringement investigations, freedom-to-operate investigations, and trademark clearance searches; prepared presentations of investigation results; presented findings of investigations to internal counsel and senior leadership.• Advised senior leadership concerning contentious intellectual property matters: investigated and assessed risks of proposed contentious actions; provided advice concerning potential assertion of intellectual property rights; analyzed and created strategies for responding to contentious communications; and responded to contentious communications.• Provided guidance and education on various intellectual property topics to engineering and R&D teams.

Counseled clients concerning patent and trademark issues, including patent portfolio development, trademark creation, patentability investigations, and contract terms, as well as preparing, filing and prosecuting applications with the United States Patent & Trademark Office

Handled patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret matters, including litigation, intellectual property portfolio management, patent and trademark prosecution both domestically and internationally, licensing, opinion work, and due diligence concerning potential acquisitions and divestitures.Represented clients concerning a broad range of technologies, including commercial software applications, microelectronics, dermatological treatment devices, wireless communications, commercial sport equipment, consumer electronics, consumer medical devices, as well as in vivo vascular medical devices.

Draft original patent applicationsConduct validity analysis and review of counterpart patent applications for filing with the U.S.P.T.O.Respond to Office Actions with the U.S.P.T.O. Research case law concerning patent policy matters.Conduct legal due diligence of patent families and related patent clusters of interest for purchasing and licensing purposes.

Copyright and Software License AnalysisConducted verification reviews of authorship rights involved in projects across various business groups, including Certificates of Originality, Statements of Work, Contractor Agreements, and others. Conducted due diligence reviews of the intended uses and distributions of various types of software packages, including internally created software, third party software, open source software, and free-ware. Investigated the compatibility of license terms and conditions controlling individual software packages, including Inter Company Agreements, Eclipse, Apache, MIT, BSD, GPL, LGPL, TLDA, and others

Researched the patent portfolio of a technological research and development corporation and analyzed the potential impact of multiple invalidity decisions of select patents owned by said corporation. Analyzed the strength of the patent portfolio and projected the potential future performance of a leading technology corporation. Reviewed current application of intellectual property case law within federal courts.

Independently accomplished a wide variety of tasks while gaining valuable work experience. GE Healthcare Coils, Aurora, Ohio