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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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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