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● Both in-house and private practice experience - 12 years at Procter and Gamble, and - 18 years at Harness Dickey● Both U.S. and international IP expertise - Lived in Japan for four years as chief patent counsel for Asia business unit - Chief intellectual property counsel for global business unit of Procter & Gamble● Both patent prosecution and litigation expertise - Personally handling and training others in all aspects of prosecuting patent applications - Litigating cases in federal district and appellate courts, the ITC, and arbitrations● Both patent clearance and patent defense expertise - Substantial patent infringement and invalidity opinion experience - Challenging and defending patents through U.S. and international proceedings, including oppositions, invalidity trials, reexaminations, and the new USPTO post-issuance proceedings● Substantial agreement, licensing, due diligence, and dispute resolution expertise - From routine R&D and business agreements, to negotiating in-bound and out-bound licensing agreements, to acquisition and divestiture analysis and related agreements - Negotiating settlement of many intellectual property disputes, and am a trained mediator - Experience negotiating in U.S., European, and Asian cultural environments● All throughout a broad range of technologies and businesses - Mechanical technologies include medical implants, farming equipment, transmissions, automotive suspensions, manufacturing equipment, and server farm cooling - Electrical technologies include computer and TV displays, LED's, GPS systems, hydrogen fuel cells, various electronic control systems, and robotics - Consumer products include power tools and small appliances, diapers, shampoos, cosmetics, and foods products including microwave active packaging - Medical products include knee, hip, shoulder, and spinal implants, biologics (e.g., the collection and separation of blood), and electrophoresis equipment

Listed skills include Patent Prosecution, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Patent Litigation, and 16 others.