Assisted in the organization, set-up and establishment of an in-house intellectual property department, establishing the processes and procedures necessary to function as an independent department.• Provide legal support to the Senior Intellectual Property Counsel in the everyday activities of patent and trademark prosecution and maintenance• Attend weekly IP strategy meetings with AGI’s IP team to assess current invention disclosures and report any developments to senior management• Author reporting letters to senior management• File patent applications electronically; responses to Office Actions, etc.• File foreign patent applications – PCT and national phase• File trademark applications electronically; responses to Office Actions; Statements of Use; Extensions of Time, etc.• Daily interaction with Inteum docketing software• Responsible for the docketing and deadline maintenance of all phases of domestic and foreign patent prosecution• Prepare customized docket status reports, as needed• Track and monitor patent annuities and US maintenance fee deadlines; interact with annuities company to provide timely instructions with regard to the payment of foreign annuities and US maintenance fees• Maintain the company’s IP portfolio• Responsible for overseeing the distribution of work and the timely completion of responses to Office Actions; the timely filing of provisional/utility conversions; foreign filings and national phase filings; in the case of trademarks – responses to Office Actions; Statements of Use; Extensions of Time; Renewals

Responsible for the daily docketing of incoming patent-related mail received from the US PTO, patent offices worldwide, foreign agents, and clients, and routing said mail to the appropriate attorney and/or patent administrator for action. Responsible for monitoring and de-docketing all out-going patent-related mail directed to the US PTO, the PCT, and foreign patent offices. Accountable for maintaining the integrity of the Intellectual Property Database (Foundation IP), and the tracking/follow-up of all due dates to ensure deadlines are timely met.

Provide independent consulting and assistance in patent and trademark-related matters.

Developed and established the processes and procedures necessary to the functionality of an in-house IP department within a molecular diagnostics environment; substantial cost savings by bringing patent and trademark work in-house; provided a weekly status update of existing patent and trademark matters to senior management and kept management apprised of approaching deadlines; supervised, managed and maintained all contracts, licenses, agreements and the like

Provided legal assistance and support to Assistant General Counsel ("AGC"); maintained patent and trademark portfolio; acted as internal liaison between Medicis doctors and AGC concerning the development and progress of company invention disclosures; acted as external liaison between AGC and outside counsel; interaction with marketing and research departments regarding patent and trademark issues; kept AGC apprised of the status of our intellectual property and any decisions that needed to be made in a timely manner

Patent Administrator for a Canadian-based biopharmaceutical corporation; assisted in the organization, set-up and establishment of an IP department within Isotechnika’s U.S. office; acted as the “hub” of information within our department, as well as within the corporation itself; played an integral role in keeping executive officers in our Canadian office up-to-date on patent and trademark matters accomplished through a bi-monthly memo that I authored, compiled and distributed; provided support and assistance to patent counsel and patent agent; substantial cost savings by undertaking massive foreign filing project myself, in-house

Provided assistance to two patent attorneys, a patent agent, and three engineers in the daily activities of patent and trademark prosecution within an IP firm, including the coordination of management, assessment, supervision, progression and completion of all incoming work; further including the influx of new applications that I processed and filed; continuous follow-up of patent and trademark matters; and providing my progress evaluations to the two attorneys in order to keep them apprised of the status of all projects; authored reporting letters to clients; maintained existing issued patents and trademarks in the U.S. and abroad