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Educational History

Technical: City College of New York, Physics Minor
B. S. Chemical Engineering, 1957

Law: George Washington University, J. D. 1963

Bar Admissions

State:

• Virginia - 1962
• New Jersey - 1973 (Inactive)

Federal:

• U. S. District Court - Eastern & Western Districts - 1991
• U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - 1990
• U. S. District Court - Eastern District of Michigan - 1988
• U. S. District Court - District of New Jersey - 1973
• U. S. Patent Office - 1962, Reg. No. 20,738

Technological Background

• Chemical Procceses and Equipment
• Polymer chemistry
• Liquid crystal polymers
• Production of polyethylene by high pressure polymerization
• Polymer additive systems
• Polymeric coatings
• Biocides (predominately organometals, such as tributyl tins)
• Surfactants
• Cosmetics (hair and skin care formulations)
• Polyvinyl pryrrolidone
• Complex machinery
• Ultrasonic control systems
• Optical physics
• Fluidic valves
• Reverse osmosis filters
• Low temperature distillation/cryogenics
• Electrochemistry
• Medical devices
• Computer systems
• Business methods
• Robotic devices

Intellectual Property Law Experience

The major achievement in an IP case was obtaining a partial Summary Judgment which ordered cancellation of an incontestable trademark, based on trademark misuse. This was only the third time that a U.S. trademark had been cancelled for misuse and the first time that this action was obtained by Summary Judgment. Judgments obtained in related cases enforced through the use of contempt proceedings.

Corporate experience includes serving as the Director of the Patent Department of M&T Chemicals, Rahway, New Jersey (now known as ATOCHEM).

Responsibilities initially included:

• Preparation and negotiation of technology transfer agreements for the buying, selling and licensing of technology and the establishment of joint ventures.
• Supervision of new product marketing programs and patent activities of the Bio & Fine, Industrial and Plating Divisions.

As Director of Patents, M&T Chemical, Inc. administrative responsibilities included:

All world-wide corporate Intellectual Property operations for the M&T subsidiary of Elf Aquitaine.

Administrative control of Patent Department budget and supervision of the Patent Department staff which included Patent Counsel and Senior Patent attorney.

Supervision of the Patent/Trademark activities for ATOCHEM, Inc., a sister company in the Elf Aquitaine family of companies.

Coordination of activities of large staff of outside patent counsel in regard to current litigation and patent application preparation and prosecution. Provided cost and quality control over services of outside legal counsel.

Other responsibilities included the reorganization of operations of patent department to accommodate dramatic increased work load due to successful research activities and acquisitions.

Major Achievement:

Created a unique world-wide marketing and licensing program for a new industrial product which did not fall within the corporations' normal marketing programs. Supervised the program through a successful start-up. The program resulted in an unusually high ratio of profit to sales.

As the head of the Patent Department of the Chemical Group of Dart Industries, Paramus, New Jersey, responsibilities included:

Preparation of technology licenses, preparation and prosecution of patent applications both on the national and international levels.

As a Patent Examiner with the U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C. my areas of technology included electrochemistry and low temperature distillation, including the use of cryogenics in air separation.

Samples of Patents

Helicobacter series of patents – Barry Marshall, Nobel Laureate

• 6,998,250 Method for detecting Helicobacter pylori
• 6,929,926 Composition for the detection of gastrointestinal disorders
• 6,479,278 Detection of Helicobacter pylori in the stomach
• 6,228,605 Detection of Helicobacter pylori in the stomach

Complex Mechanical

• 6,578,883 Fringe knot tying machine
• 7,465,267 Pleating system

Computer control system

• 6,510,350 Remote data access and system control
• 6,503,249 Targeting device for an implant
• 6,368,068 Multi-well computerized control of fluid pumping
• 6,150,928 Multi passenger frequency controlled alarm system
• 6,074,394 Targeting device for an implant
• 6,055,487 Interactive remote sample analysis system
• 6,048,175 Multi-well computerized control of fluid pumping
• 5,924,080 Computerized discount redemption system

Medical & other test devices

• 6,237,399 Cantilever having sensor system for independent measurement of force and torque
• 5,886,532 Nanometer distance regulation using electromechanical power dissipation
• 5,410,910 Cryogenic atomic force microscope
• 5,245,282 Three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (Patent in litigation)

Chemistry

• 6,028,038 Halogenated extreme pressure lubricant and metal conditioner
• 5,830,588 High density magnetic recording medium
• 5,593,727 Production of films of SiO.sub.2 by chemical vapor deposition
• 5,321,185 Methane oxidative coupling
• 5,321,185 Methane oxidative coupling
• 5,173,562 Liquid crystal polymer composition containing bisphenol A in combination with 4,4'-thiodiphenol
• 5,167,822 Butadiene acrylonitrile polymeric coating for chromatographic packing material
• 5,139,661 Critical angle refractive index detector
• 4,450,050 Process for bonding high efficiency chromium electrodeposits
• 4,430,171 Electroplating baths for nickel, iron, cobalt and alloys thereof
• 4,418,169 Stabilized pvc resins
• 4,376,685 Acid copper electroplating baths containing brightening and leveling additives
• 4,343,815 Method for combating fungi and mites using certain triorganotin compounds
• 4,264,678 Core-shell polymers
• 4,216,267 Flexible substrates containing a radiation curable coating composition
• 4,180,633 Preparation of insoluble polyvinylpyrrolidone
• 4,450,052 Zinc and nickel tolerant trivalent chromium plating baths

Medical Treatments & devices

• 7,169,114 Biopsy and delivery device
• 7,087,025 Blood pressure determination based on delay times between points on a heartbeat pulse
• 5,929,095 Method of inhibiting secretory effects caused by Cholera
• 5,711,932 Screening procedure for neuroactive agents
• 5,709,223 Magnetically modified microbial metabolism
• 5,698,549 Method of treating hyperactive voiding with calcium channel blockers
• 5,631,844 Interactive remote sample analysis system
• 5,510,260 Prolactin secreting cell line and method of obtaining the same
• 5,503,986 Detection of urinary tract obstruction by nerve growth factor measurement in urine
• 5,436,239 Method of treating clostridium difficile colitis and cholera
• 5,366,896 Robotically operated laboratory system
• 5,364,744 Method for the manufacture of an optical manipulation chamber
• 5,318,045 Magnetically modified microbial metabolism
• 5,314,409 Catheter for esophageal perfusion

Electronics

• 5,980,831 Support planar germanium waveguides for infrared evanescent-wave sensing
• 5,600,740 Narrowband waveguide filter

Educational History

James Madison University, B.A. English, 2006

University of Richmond, J.D., 2010

• Received Certification of Concentration in Intellectual Property

Took over 30 credit hours worth of Intellectual Property courses, including:

• Intellectual Property Fundamentals
• Computer Law
• Copyright law
• IP Litigation
• Licensing and Technology Transfer
• Patent law
• Patent Preperation and Prosecution
• Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret Practice
• Trademark and Unfair Competition
• Intellectual Property and Transactual Law Clinic
• Intellectual Property Law and Policy Seminar

In the Intellectual Property and Transactual Law Clinic spent over 200 hours on pro-bono work providing patent and other IP services to clients.

Wrote the following IP-related papers:

• Business Method Patent Policy
• Should Patents Cover Virtual Objects?
• A Comparison of the United States and Japanese Patent Systems
• Broad Issues Related to International Patent Law: A look at foreign patent systems, obtaining a foreign patent, and litigating a foreign patent
• PCT Filing and Related Issues

Technological Background

• Wired networking
• Wireless networking
• Software programming

Employment

2000–2003                    ExploreLearning                    Charlottesville, VA Senior Production Member Head of research and development for Production team Managed and trained interns and part-time employees Created software to automate tasks and significantly decrease production time

2002–2005                   Parker & DeStefano              Charlottesville, VA Legal Assistant Patent searching Patent drawing drafting

2006–2009                   Parker IP Law Offices, plc     Charlottesville, VA Chief Technical Administrator Proof documents from both an English and a scientific perspective Patent and trademark searching

2006–2007                   Watchstone P+D                    Washington, D.C. Computer Software and Network Manager Primarily IT related tasks including managing a VPN, extranet and hosting