Ralph Dean Email & Phone Number

Basel, Ch

Basel, Ch

Irving, Tx, Us

• Supported various business sectors and research groups, including K-C Professional, Personal Care, Partnership Products and Global Nonwovens by: drafting 6-12 patent applications per year, prosecuting patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, analyzing and providing legal guidance for Patent Clearance Assessment requests, providing instruction to foreign outside counsel prosecuting applications abroad, providing guidance in developing and maintaining business patent strategy and implementing the patent strategy, analyzing invention disclosures for the Intellectual Asset Review Committee, and actively participating in product development meetings including designing around third party patents. • Negotiated and drafted Patent License agreements, Joint Development Agreements, Technical Exchange Agreements, and Confidentiality Agreements.• Provided general legal support for K-C Professional, including supply contacts, national account agreements, and general client counseling on other legal issues. (2008-2011)• Provided litigation support by assisting in depositions, document production, reviewing outside counsel responses to interrogatories and briefs before federal courts.• Outside Counsel Committee member, a committee responsible for monitoring quality and fees of outside law firms representing Kimberly-Clark. (2004-2008)• Project Team Member for the Anaqua Intellectual Property Management Software implementation project. Assisted in the configuration of the software, provided troubleshooting support and initially trained Attorneys, Paralegals, and Administrative staff in both Neenah and Roswell locations. • Team leader for the Global Patent Management Team, a team of 5 paralegals and 3 support staff, which manages the entire patent estate and ensures applications are filed outside of the United States. (2004-2006).

• Prosecuted patent applications before the United States Patent Office, including Appeals before the Board of Appeals, mainly in the chemical arts including pharmaceuticals; organic compounds; inorganic compounds and compositions; and polymers and polymeric compositions. Prosecuted a few mechanical related and biotechnology related patent applications.

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

• Extensive knowledge of Patent Law gained through ten years of chemical patent application prosecution as a Patent Examiner. Experienced in all aspects of patent application prosecution including Reexamination, Reissue, and Appeals to the Board of Appeals and Interferences.• Entrusted with training junior patent examiners in both legal and technical aspects of patent examining in a classroom setting at the Patent Academy and through on-the-job training at the Art Unit level.• Primary areas of application examination: silicone polymers and mixed polymer compositions. Corollary Examination areas: chemical compounds, pharmaceutical compounds and compositions, polymer processing methods and polymer coated articles.

Jd, Law

Bs, Chemical Engineering