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Evanston, Il

Search, analyze, segment and curate patents, applications and non-patent literature from U.S. and foreign public and proprietary sources. Understand and refine scope based on client disclosures, Notice of Allowance (NOA), 1.132 Declarations, Face of Patent (FOP) citations, etc. Devise appropriate search strategies. Prioritize, include or exclude results based on client specifications. Report on search strategies, result quality, relevance and organization. Supplement searches with unconventional sources, e.g., catalogs, marketplace coverage, to ensure the most comprehensive, custom-tailored solution in each case. Collaborate with Project Manager to modify, supplement and prioritize search objectives. • Prepare reports to support legal and business decisions pertaining to patentability/novelty, invalidity, freedom-to-operate (FTO).• Cover pharmaceutical, cosmetic, petroleum, cement/concrete, paint, metal/alloy, nanotechnology, food additive and fine chemical industries.• Serve as a chemical structure search expert (STN/MARPAT/CAplus/CASLink). Delivered an internal MARPAT manual.• Conduct IPC/CPC/UPC classification and keyword searches (PatBase, Questel Orbit, Dialog ProQuest, Elsevier Science Direct, Google Patent, Google Scholar, USPTO, EPO Espacenet, and more).• Independently completed over 150 matters.

Greater Chicago Area

Managing activities to comply with government regulations. Developing and managing strong relationships with stakeholders. Trained and mentored staff. Prepared and presented a 3-5 year strategy. Managed the organizational portfolio: legal and service contracts, strategy, and more. Prepared federal reports to the IRS (Forms 990) and state equivalents. Collaborated with the organization's legal counsel: drafted affidavits, interrogatories, subpoenas, and more. Advised on technology and education. • Successfully defended a Landmark designation by the City of Chicago for the community's legacy building at 448 W. Barry Ave. Conducted desktop research, including literature searches at the University of Wyoming, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Chicago History Museum. Critically evaluated and summarized information from scientific and government sources. Created a presentation which drove historic mansion preservation and Landmark designation. • Liaised with the City, County and State governments.• Secured a favorable $250,000 loan for a member organization and led fundraising efforts.

Greater Chicago Area

Performed desktop research, including academic and online sources. Analyzed and summarized materials to support clients in the pre-medical, advanced chemistry, and mathematics domains. Delivered excellence coaching and executive function training.

Evaluated pharmaceutical and other organo-chemical structures for novelty and variability for the MARPAT Group. Consistently met aggressive deadlines, while delivering high quality analysis. Assisted the manager in the production of MARPAT stereochemical guidelines. Improved the decision process in MARPAT database indexing strategies.• Analyzed over 2,500 patent applications filed in major world patent offices: U.S., European, World and Indian Patent Office, Research Disclosure and IP.com articles.• Produced over 5,000 Markush structure records from patent manuscripts with excellent audit ratings. • Groomed Slavic language patent backlogs: produced and audited records; translated manuscripts into English.

Chicago, Il, Usa

Authored a report evaluating the ecosystems and water resources as one of the global water drivers. Performed desktop research into ecosystem services, biodiversity, spread of alien species, deforestation, flood and drought risk indices, changes in water withdrawals, productivity and use efficiency, over-pumping of groundwater and quality indicators. Investigated positive and negative developments described in available forecasts and scenarios. Analyzed future trends, uncertainties and key events shaping the driver.• Focused on the water quality indicators: eutrophication, acidification, salinity, heavy metals and trace elements, persistent organic pollutants, and sediment loads.

Chicago, Il, Usa

Researched current environmental events, conducted Internet searches, reviewed articles, and assisted in the production of monthly environmental security reports. Issues included chemical pollution of natural resources, food quality, and climate change.• Evaluated chemical substances and their effects on humans and the environment. Composed summaries to update and improve humanity's thinking, make that thinking available for feedback and identify actions to impact the future.• Recommended military environmental policy updates concerning chemical safety and public health.

Ph.D., Chemistry, 4.75/5.0

Activities and Societies: Graduate Researcher: Investigation of protein interactions with drugs and tracer dyes Graduate Teaching Fellow.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Modeling

Prepared abstracts, posters, manuscripts, research proposals and annual progress reports. Built a database containing over 300 known.

B.S., Chemistry, Environmental And Applied Chemistry, 10.0/10.0 Valedictorian

Activities and Societies: Serbian Chemical Society Serbian Environmental SocietyThesis: Geochemical Analysis of Marine Hydrocarbons.