Kathryn Barton Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Manage the Patent Portfolio - Strategic partner with R&D to harvest inventions and align the patent portfolio with a dynamic business; oversee the invention disclosure process; perform budget forecasting, reporting and problem-solving; ensure outside counsel adheres to best practices; management of freedom-to-operate, patentability searches and other patent clearance projects; advise outside counsel in the drafting, filing and prosecution of worldwide patent applications; instruct third party vendor in the maintenance of worldwide patent cases; organize and contribute to patent renewal portfolio meetings; prepare and review various agreements; prepare documentation and coordinate signatures, notarizations and legalizations for patent preservation; aid Senior Counsel, Patents in delivering patent training and updates to R&D and legal; prepare reports and presentations.Collaborate with Labor & Employment, Procurement, Real Estate, Environment and Data Privacy - Prepare and review agreements, reports and presentations; and coordinate signatures on agreements.

Greater St. Louis Area

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the docketing department; supervised seven docketing coordinators (4 in-house & 3 outside resource personnel); reviewed IP literature; implemented modifications to systems and processes according to law changes; performed all actions required to maintain worldwide patent, trademark and copyright protection; managed Pattsy docketing system (CPI through September, 2019); reviewed incoming and outgoing communications from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), clients, in-house attorneys, foreign associates and annuity service; drafted correspondence to the USPTO, WIPO, clients, foreign associates and annuity service; prepared and filed non-U.S. patent applications (PCT, direct national, PCT national, divisional and Hong Kong registration), Chapter II Demands, responses to PCT Invitations, Affidavits of Use and trademark renewals; processed formal filing requirements (translations, Powers of Attorney, Assignments, certified documents, etc.; coordinated payment of foreign annuities, U.S. and foreign issue fees and U.S. maintenance fees; requested examination for foreign patent applications; prepared Pattsy reports and fee estimates; and entered weekly flat-fee billing charges.

Duluth, Georgia

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary

General Studies

Activities and Societies: softball scholarship

General Studies

Activities and Societies: softball scholarship