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Patent Investigator/Patent Agent |
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| PROFILE: |
Motivated, goal oriented, accustomed to working under pressure without supervision, dedicated to excellence. |
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- 5 years of experience in chemical research
- 20 years of experience in patent operations including experience in:
- management of patent liaison office in Crystal City, VA(18 years)
- patent investigative practice
- patent prosecution pratice
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| PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: |
Registered Patent Agent (Specializing in Chemical Technology) |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: |
Self-Employed as a Patent Agent / Patent Investigator
W.R. GRACE & Co.-Conn.,Columbia, MD
Patent Agent (1991 - 1994) |
1994 - Present
1969 - 1994 |
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Selected Accomplishments:
- Prepared Information Disclosure Statements
- Prepared patent applications
- Prepared Responses to Office Actions
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Contracts Adminstrator (1991 - 1994) |
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Selected Accomplishments:
- Analyzed over 800 contracts
- Developed Contract Data Base
- Maintained Contract Register
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Patent Investigator (1974 - 1994) |
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Selected Accomplishments:
- Patentability searches/Novelty searches
- State-of-the-Art searches
- Validity searches
- Infringement searches
- Acquisition related searches
- Assignee/Assignor/Inventor index searches
- Trademark searches
- Patent application preparation
- Amendment preparation
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Office Manager (1975 - 1991) |
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Selected Accomplishments:
- Inspected an reported on patent prosecution histories
- Liaison with Patent and Trademark officials for 22 patent attorneys and agents
- Supervised Secretary/Trademark Searcher
- Translated scientific articles
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Research Chemist (1969 - 1974) |
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Selected Accomplishments:
- Polymer chemistry research including theoretical
conceptualization, synthesis and analysis
- Translation of scientific articles
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| EARLY HISTORY: |
WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH, Washington, D.C. |
1963 - 1964 |
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Biochemistry Lab-Assistant |
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Selected Accomplishments:
- Body fluid analysis using ultra-centrifugation, electrophoresis and gas and thin layer chromatographic techniques
- Translation of scientific articles
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FOUNDRY RUBBER COMPANY (DIVISION OF PARA PRODUCTS), Washington, D.C. |
1966 - 1969. |
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Technical Assistant |
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Selected Accomplishments:
- Lab and plant scale research and production of foundry industry chemicals
- Quality control
- Product promotion and marketing (including product demonstration at Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia)
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| PATENTS: |
I. Inventions Patented (as a Research Chemist)
- 4,169,175 - Removal of Unreacted Tolylene Diisocyanate from Urethane Prepolymers
- 4,061,662 - Removal of Unreacted Tolylene Diisocyanate from Urethane Prepolymers
- 4,045,396 - Flame Retardant Permanent Press Composition
- 3,929,927 - Radiation Polymerizable Epoxy Composition
- 3,926,755 - Radiation Polymerizable Polyester Composition
- 3,912,608 - Process for Curing a Radiation Sensitive Composition Comprising an Epoxy Compound and an Amino Acrylate.
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II. Example of Patents which Matured from Applications Prepared and Prosecuted(as a Patent Agent)
- 5,391,686 - Polyurethane Compositions Having Enhanced Corrosion Inhibing Properties
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| EDUCATION: |
B.S., Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1972, Awarded academic scholarship |
CONTINUING
EDUCATION |
Patent Bar Review Courses
Patent Resources Group (PRG) - Washington, D.C., - 1988
Practicing Law Institute (PLI) - New York, NY - 1989
Automated Patent System (APS) Certification Course - 1990 (For on-line searching of patents at the PTO)
ORBIT Trademark Retrieval System Certification Course - 1991 (For on-line searching of trademarks at the PTO)
Montgomery College
Takoma Park, MD
Courses in Computer Science - 1973 and 1974 (COBOL and FORTRAN Programming)
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| AFFILIATIONS: |
Maryland Patent Law Association (MPLA) |
| LANGUAGES: |
(Fluent)
German
Spanish
Portuguese
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| MILITARY: |
Air Force Reserve Office Training Corps (AFROTC)
(While attending University of Maryland). |
HONORS/
AWARDS: |
Awarded National Science Foundation Grant (One of 100 given annually for Scientific Research Assistantships) 1963 and 1964 |