Attorneys

BAR ADMITTANCE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

EDUCATION

Franklin Pierce Law Center , Concord, NH, Juris Doctor, May 2006                                                 

IP Coursework :  Patent Law; Patent Practice & Procedure I (claim drafting); Patent Practice & Procedure II (specification drafting); Trademark Law; Technology Licensing; and Intellectual Property Management.

University of Rochester , School of Engineering & Applied Physics, Rochester, NY

Bachelor of Science, Optics, May 2003                                                                                                 Minored in Mathematics                                                                                                 Teaching Assistant, Computational Methods in Optics                                                                                                  Officer, Undergraduate Optical Society of America

Senior Labs : Coherent Optical Processing; Acousto-Optics; Holographic Optical Elements; Detectors; Lens Evaluation Methods; Nd:YAG Laser; Pulsed Dye Laser; Multi-Channel Hologram; and constructing a Fiber Laser.     

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Current 

Staas & Halsey LLP , Washington, DC

Intellectual Property Associate

Drafting Office Actions replies, advising clients with proposed amendments to patent applications, conducting interviews with patent examiners regarding patentability, and drafting pre-appeal brief conference requests and appeal briefs to the U.S.P.T.O. for inventions in the Optical and Electrical engineering fields.

2006-2007

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA

Determined scope of protection claimed by inventor, conducted search of relevante prior art, applied references to the claimed invention to determine whether claimed invention is novel and nonobvious, evaluated special claim instructions, the requirement of restrictions, and double patenting.

Spring 2006

Office of Technology Transfers, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD

Spring Semester Internship

Drafted and negotiated licensing agreements, drafted technology assessment memoranda, completed inventorship investigations and memoranda, prepared Federal Register notices, attended meetings concerning patent prosecution, researched Government Technology Transfer, Public Health, and Patent Legislation.

2003

Office of Technology Transfers, University of Rochester, Rochester NY

Spring/Summer Internship

Researched prior art, drafted licensing plans, analyzed commercial factors for potential licensing and patentability, reviewed data entry and billing from outside counsel. Helped organize a competition with combined Engineering and Simon Business School teams.