Kathy Mou Email & Phone Number

San Jose, California, United States

Palo Alto

Menlo Park

San Jose, Ca

 Prepared filing formalities including declarations, assignments, formal drawings and information disclosure statements with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Handled and prepared all documents for U.S. patent application and 371 national filings. Handled and prepared Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), National Phase patent application to be foreign filed. Managed attorney’s docket to make sure deadlines are met. Prepared documents for filing of provisional, utility, and continuation/divisional applications. Proofread and edit documents (New application drafts, draft correspondence to clients). Prepared and uploaded to the EFS (Electronic Filing System) Requests for Continued Examination’s and Extensions of time. Prepared and uploaded to the EFS Response to Office Actions, Response to Notification of Missing Requirements, Preliminary Amendments, Issue Fee/Publication payments, Declarations, Assignments, Request for Certified Priority Documents, Request for Corrected Filing Receipt. Reported all documentation received the USPTO to clients (ex. Filing Receipts and Notice of Acceptance, Notification of Missing Requirements, Notice of Publication, Office Actions, Notice of Allowance, Patent Issuance, etc.). Sending billing requests to accounting department. Supported two patent attorneys. Assisted other patent secretary’s and attorney’s when they need help. Requested U.S. Expedited Foreign Filing License.

Sunnyvale, Ca

 Handled and prepared all documents for U.S. patent application and 371 national filings. Handled and prepared Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), National Phase patent application to be foreign filed. Prepared filing formalities including declarations, assignments, formal drawings and information disclosure statements with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Managed attorney’s docket to make sure deadlines are met. Drafted correspondence to clients and foreign associates. Proofread and edit documents (New application drafts, draft correspondence to clients). Forwarded outstanding U.S. and foreign office actions to the clients. Researched patent families for Information Disclosure Statements (IDS) submissions. Supported two patent attorneys.

Sunnyvale, Ca

 Assist attorneys with correspondence received from foreign associates in regards to deadlines and reminders for office actions, new filings, power of attorney, and assignments. Entered and maintained foreign and domestic applications in the database system Foundation IP (FIP) and CPA Memotech. Monitored, docketed and uploaded office action deadlines, instructions sent to foreign associates, abandonment's, and reminders into our docketing software system and the clients docketing software system. Assist the managing attorney to proofread issued patents for typos in the title, drawings, and description and file Certificate of Correction with the USPTO. Prepared New Case Assignments for attorney’s. Filed PCT applications using PCT-Safe and sending email requests to foreign associates for direct filing applications. Ordered and prepared Certified Copies of Priority documents and Assignments to send to the International Bureau and foreign associates.

-Assist attorneys in patent related tasks including preparing, drafting and filing patent applications, information disclosure statements and other documents in the United States Patent & Trademark Office.-Assist attorneys with correspondence received from foreign associates in regards to clients’ domestic and international patent applications and registrations.-Used patent docketing software (Reva) to monitor and manage patent docket and produce patent status reports to make sure deadlines were met.-Downloading US patents and foreign patents from internet websites.-Assist attorneys with filing applications, office action responses, amendments, assignments, IDS's and all other actions online by EFS (Electronic Filing System).-Preparing PCT and direct national phase application filings by reporting letters to clients and working closely with foreign associates for filing applications.

Morgan Hill

-Lead cashier with excellent customer service skills.-Improved the efficiency of the café by driving a process of using a better technique of making coffee called pour over coffee that helped increase sales.

-Serve food in a fast pace timely manner while giving great customer service.-Responsible with both cash and credit card payments.-Multi task in a fast pace environment.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Developmental Studies

Associate'S Degree, Paralegal Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, International Developmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega

Bachelor'S Degree, International Developmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega