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Greater Salt Lake City Area

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Preparing and prosecuting patent applications for a wide variety of clients including the semiconductor, computer software, and aircraft industries.

Plano, Tx

Managed portfolios of worldwide patent assets in technologies encompassing semiconductor circuits, semiconductor manufacturing process, and cellular telephone protocols and devices. Portfolio management duties included: • Reviewing invention disclosures and collaborating with inventors to select inventions for filing• Developing patent filing and prosecution strategy for assigned portfolios and working with outside counsel throughout the world to implement that strategy• Collaborating with licensing engineers to mine portfolios and identify assertable patent assets• Involvement in monetization of assigned portfolios by providing (1) pre-assertion due diligence (including coordinating and reviewing prior art searches), (2) legal review of assertion claim charts, (3) legal support for technical and business licensing negotiations (including legal assessment of invalidity and non-infringement assertions raised during negotiation), and (4) litigation support• Participating in quarterly senior management meetings to advise senior management regarding status of prosecution and licensing matters for assigned portfoliosInvolved in developing department wide best practices for substantive and procedural patent prosecution and legal review issues. Representative involvement included:• Developing portfolio review process to facilitate licensing and divestiture decisions• Developing reissue strategy for strengthening patent assets• Developing strategy for analyzing patent term adjustment

▪ Prepared and prosecuted over 150 patents for multiple clients in the following technologies: semiconductor circuits, semiconductor manufacturing process, cell phone circuits and software, welding equipment, medical devices, agricultural equipment, automotive, and electrical generators.▪ Performed patent searches.▪ Drafted invalidity opinions.▪ Supervised other attorneys and agents.

▪ Designed, manufactured, and launched military equipment, including rockets, for defense contractor. Trained employees on testing procedures and processes.▪ Drafted procedure documents, analysis documents, and electronics drawings.

▪ Helped to create and build data center; monitored and maintained servers. ▪ Developed written policies and procedures for handling information technology issues.▪ Trained employees on software and troubleshooting. Worked with teams to develop web sites. Resolved client inquiries about hardware, software, and network issues.

Doctor Of Law (Jd)

Mba, Business Administration

Bseet, Electronics Engineering Technology

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