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Preparation of more than two hundred patent applications in the electrical and computer arts, primarily in the areas of telecommunications circuits and systems, semiconductor devices and device fabrication, and Internet related software and systems.Involvement in substantially all phases of U.S. patent application preparation and prosecution, including the invention disclosure process, claim drafting, preparation of patent drawings, and responding to Office Actions issued by the USPTO.Drafting of briefs on appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.Preparation of validity and infringement opinions.Advising patent prosecution strategies for international and national phase patent applications examined pursuant to Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) provisions, as administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).Preparation and prosecution of U.S. trademark applications.

Supervised all technical and operational aspects of sports and healthcare professional testing performed at the San Diego Sports Testing Center.Developed and implemented analytical methods for drug and metabolite testing by gas chromatography (GC) and GC in combination with mass spectroscopy (GC/MS).Interpreted, certified, and released positive as well as negative forensic results for all substances of analytical interest in athletic and healthcare drug testing, including anabolic steroids, stimulants, opiates and opioids, diuretics, beta blockers, as well as a variety of sedatives, anxiolytics, and antidepressants.

Responsible for inventory, dispension, storage, and documentation of analytical samples.Performed wet chemical extraction of drugs and/or drug metabolites from analytical samples.Tested sample extracts using GC and GC/MS analytical methods.Maintained and operated GC and GC/MS analytical instruments.

J.D., Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Law Review

B.S., Physics