Providing a full range of intellectual property services including drafting and prosecuting patent applications.

Providing a full range of intellectual property services including drafting and prosecuting patent applications.

Member of Patent Legal Staff at Eastman Kodak Company. Responsible for all aspects of patent procurement worldwide and patent related legal matters. Independently handle all aspects of US and foreign prosecution including preparing patent applications for filing with the USPTO and foreign patent offices, responding to office actions, conducting interviews with Examiners, and managing post-issuance matters,Manage the annuity and renewal process for a portfolio of over 5,000… Show more Member of Patent Legal Staff at Eastman Kodak Company. Responsible for all aspects of patent procurement worldwide and patent related legal matters. Independently handle all aspects of US and foreign prosecution including preparing patent applications for filing with the USPTO and foreign patent offices, responding to office actions, conducting interviews with Examiners, and managing post-issuance matters,Manage the annuity and renewal process for a portfolio of over 5,000 patents and patents applications,Work under direction and supervision of Counsel on matters of law including freedom-to-use and clearance requests.Oversee intellectual property asset management systems and develop patent analytic tools to support the operations of the Patent Legal Staff. Show less

• Assisted patent attorneys with preparing dockets for filing with the USPTO; including drafting patent applications, providing search reports for all applications, and creating draft claims for attorney review• Assisted patent attorneys with preparing responses to office actions on currently filed applications; including drafting new claim sets supported by the specification, preparing written remarks in response to Examiner’s objections, and conducting telephone interviews with USPTO… Show more • Assisted patent attorneys with preparing dockets for filing with the USPTO; including drafting patent applications, providing search reports for all applications, and creating draft claims for attorney review• Assisted patent attorneys with preparing responses to office actions on currently filed applications; including drafting new claim sets supported by the specification, preparing written remarks in response to Examiner’s objections, and conducting telephone interviews with USPTO Examiners to resolve claim objections• Analyzed technical content of filed dockets, where the original inventors were no longer with the company, to aid in patent prosecution• Identified potential inventions through interactions with research scientists and mentored inventors through the patent application process• Provided recommendations for foreign filing of select patent applications• Created and maintained IP strategies for research portfolios ranging from stereo and 3D imaging to medical image analysis and photographic image understanding • Evaluated corporate patent portfolios and identified IP for licensing and litigation potential• Conducted patent landscape mapping for stereo and 3D imaging• Filed more than 15 distinct patent applications as an inventor Show less

• Proposed, planned, led, and performed state-of-the-art research and development in image science, image processing and analysis, pattern recognition, modeling and forecasting, machine learning, and data mining for application areas such as digital photofinishing, asset management, consumer electronic products, medical image analysis, and printing• Conducted state-of-the-art research in the following research technologies that form the basis for a number of consumer and professional… Show more • Proposed, planned, led, and performed state-of-the-art research and development in image science, image processing and analysis, pattern recognition, modeling and forecasting, machine learning, and data mining for application areas such as digital photofinishing, asset management, consumer electronic products, medical image analysis, and printing• Conducted state-of-the-art research in the following research technologies that form the basis for a number of consumer and professional digital imaging products: o Image retrieval and browsing, image and scene classification, object recognition, main subject detection, video analysis, and stereo and 3D imaging o Printer error analysis, printer part failure prediction, and printing workflows o Segmentation of 2D projection radiographical images for computer-aided diagnosis and visualization• Served as a technical expert for evaluating external technology for potential acquisition or investment and provided recommendations to senior management• Authored over 25 conference and journal papers and numerous technical reports • Managed external research collaborations with university partners• Served as Thesis Co-Advisor and mentor to doctoral students at universities• Mentored and supervised junior scientists and summer research interns• Member of organizing and technical committees for various conferences, including ICIP, CVPR, AAAI, SIGGRAPH, and EI. Show less

• Developed course materials for an introductory course in computer science titled "Art of Programming"• Taught "Art of Programming" course at the University of Rochester in Spring 2010, Spring 2011, and Spring 2012 academic terms

• Received a fellowship grant from Eastman Kodak Company to support doctoral thesis study• Conducted research work on Bayesian learning in autonomous mobile robot navigation and photographic image understanding.