Manages the Licence Agreements of all research centers in addition to ensuring that all invoicing and legal clauses are met by clients. Provides follow-up with licensees and answers all of their inquiries.Manages the IP budgets including the preparation of detailed budgets and yearly forecasts of expenses and revenues.Educates and advises clients and NRC researchers on NRCs policies and practices as they relate to IP, royalty distribution, market assessment and protection deadline requirements.In collaboration with Program managers, Intellectual Property (IP) advisors, and Business Advisors execute coordination, standardization and support functions to ensure IP committees’ activities are well managed, including the list of invitees, agenda content and proposed topics, related material, minutes of meetings, decisions and actions and appropriate follow-up.Ensure that discussions in and around NRC IP relate to potential commercialization.Updates the IP database and coordinates the circulation, completion and finalization of the IP approval forms.

Maintaining a due case list, informing agents and clients of upcoming deadlines, ensuring action is taken by agents/clients with respect the deadlines, and receiving instructions regarding the desired action. Reviewing incoming mail, forwarding the correspondence to agents and clients, and docketing appropriate deadlines and/or reminders.Preparing and composing general correspondence, including memoranda to clients regarding ongoing patent prosecution matters, applications and supporting documents to be filed in the Patent Offices.Preparing legal documents including Assignments, Declarations, and Power of AttorneysOrdering documents from CISTI and researching the Internet in the different Patent Offices for updated forms

Administering martial arts based cardio class to Goodlife Fitness Club Members. Master technique and choreography and deliver class accordinglyMaintain relationships with members and offer quality advice specific to needsEffective use of motivational queuing and technical coachingActive involvement for the duration of the session always reaching the objective of the team:a safe and effective workout.

Senior Clerk overseeing Records Department Preparing and filing Canadian patent applications Docketing and InvoicingManaging daily diary reports

Corresponding directly with clients on patent mattersPreparing various patent documents for filing at the Canadian Intellectual Property OfficePerforming on-line searches for due diligence Preparing and filing Canadian Trademark applications Processing patent and trademark correspondence Maintaining patent and trademark databases Docketing and Invoicing

Worked in a team with two patent agentsFiled Canadian patent application documents and maintained the complete life cycle ofCanadian patentsPrepared various CIPO documents for filing including Sequence 1istingManaged daily diary reportsCorresponded with clients in patent matter; invoiced clientsScanned and cleaned up documents and filed patent correspondenceAdvised and facilitated implementation of a new software system and procedureCoordinating meetings and travel arrangements

Responsible for opening and handling client accountsCertified bank drafts and cheques and managed foreign currenciesAdvised clients about preferred banking arrangements