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Lexington, Kentucky, United States

• Enforcing various intellectual property rights through Federal litigation involving Patents, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Copyright Infringement, among other issues• Acting as lead counsel on a variety of federal cases, and dealing with opposing counsel for some of the largest companies in the world • Researching and drafting motions for federal litigation, and participating in conferences with judicial officers• Managing discovery of case parties and submitting third party subpoenas• Recovering from intellectual property infringers by sending cease and desist letters and negotiating settlements without initiating litigation• Drafting and prosecuting patent applications (350+ over entire career) for a variety of clients, including those specializing in IoT devices, consumer health products and devices, automated assistants, machine learning, wearable devices, among other subject matter• Drafting and reviewing operating agreements and licensing agreements for startup companies• Advising on a variety of other intellectual property and legal issues affecting individual IP owners, startups, and other businesses

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Representing foreign and domestic companies, including some of the largest hardware/softwarecompanies in the world• Drafting and prosecuting patent applications related to machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, edge computing, automated assistants, IOT devices, power management circuits/devices, semiconductor circuits, medical devices, wearable devices, health management systems, among other subject matter• Conducting mining sessions with clients to help expand the variety of embodiments available forinclusion in a respective patent application• Analyzing technical papers to form strategies for expanding patent portfolios of companies

California

• Drafted patent applications that include subject matter related to software, hardware, signal processing, power management, networking, content licenses, payment systems, manufacturing, control systems, device testing, display circuits, encryption, wireless communications, and various circuit components• Attended and conducted dozens of invention disclosure meetings with many inventors from a large computer/software company• Managed electrical and computer related dockets for the law firm by meeting deadlines, coordinating with other associates, and creating quality work product• Drafted office action responses, a petition to the director, a pre-appeal brief, PCT-PPH requests, preliminary amendments, RCEs, 312 amendments, QPIDS, IDS, AFCP, specifications, 2D and 3D drawings, and foreign office actions in China, Korea, Canada, Australia, EP, Taiwan, and Japan • Conducted weekly meetings with outside counsel to discuss recommendations regarding domestic and foreign patent prosecution• Recognized as being collected, friendly, and approachable, and, as a result, often responsible for training new associates and staff to help them complete their assignments and thrive in the office

California

• Drafting patent applications for popular consumer software and electronic devices• Personally led client through multiple in-person interviews at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia, which resulted the allowance of multiple patent applications• Applications specifically related to network security, password encryption, intelligent mobile applications, wireless applications, component design, integrated circuits, control systems, battery modeling, device mechanics, among others• Prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications

Alexandria, Virginia

• Primary area of search and prosecution was control systems, which acted as a default area for many patent applications related to artificial intelligence, manufacturing, IOT devices, and power systems such as those employed by electric vehicle charging stations• Performed prior art searches and wrote office actions related to computer and electrical patent applications• Used a variety of software tools available at the USPTO to perform searching and docketing tasks

• Prepared and prosecuted patent applications related to aviation technology such as commercial jet engines• Participated in weekly case law meetings to ensure that each practitioner was aware of recent patent appeals decisions

• Developed software that would automatically update hundreds of CAD schematics as a cost saving measure that eventually saved the company hundreds of hours in labor• Trained roughly 60 employees in a classroom setting to use software that would save them time and effort when creating electrical schematics• Proposal and design of industrial control systems, and hosting client meetings to review control system designs

Jeffersonville, In

• Oversaw projects related to data collection throughout a large factory• Generated and presented daily and weekly status reports to upper management, which allowed upper management to make decisions regarding future production rates of various products• Worked with various contractors and union employees to complete projects• Stayed up to date on the status of dozens of factory lines and resolved many computer/network issues

West Lafayette, In

• Maintained weekly office hours to answer student questions • Assisted students with homework and projects• Graded class homework and projects

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Intellectual Property Law

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

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