• Reveal-IP provides technical research to intellectual property lawyers to further patent legal objectives; and research with a technical orientation to the business development community to further commercial and strategic intellectual property objectives• Engage with clients to define project scope and estimate costs• Conduct thorough and extensive patent searches including state-of-the-art, patentability, infringement, and validity searches developing a thorough search field using the USPC, CPC and IPC classification systems• Patent Analytics and Landscaping experience

• Identify and locate prior art to support IP legal objectives• Evaluate patents with a view toward conceptual originality• Recognize scope of patent coverage accorded by patent claims• Evaluate and research patent claims for infringement and validity objectives• Conduct due diligence patent searches to support acquisitions or investments • Pursue research at specialized libraries (i.e. the Library Of Congress, the EPA, the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, etc.) when needed • Face-to-face interaction with various administrative branches of the PTO to resolve administrative problems that develop during patent prosecution• Developed internal procedures, maintained a tracking database, and oversaw a corresponding document database for a large internationally active client regarding all applications prosecuted for them by Nixon and Vanderhye

• Respond to requests from law firms and corporate attorneys regarding new inventions• Consult PTO database and classification manuals to determine research strategy. Composed reports detailing findings and directed attention to aspects of prior art as it related to the proposed invention

• Oversaw operation and quality control for four worksites (54 people) on contract with the US Patent and Trademark Office • Conferred weekly with PTO contracting officer to assure that contract requirements were met• Hired and dismissed personnel as required and was responsible for all personnel administrative tasks• Contributed to various contract proposals submitted by the Division in response to RFPs.