Position:
Patent Examiner at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Location:
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Work:
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
since Oct 2010
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Patent Examiner
AVX-Thin Film Operations
Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
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Materials Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
Feb 1999 - Aug 2006
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Materials Scientist
Northwestern University
Sep 1993 - Dec 1998
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Graduate Research Assistant
Education:
Northwestern University 1993 - 1998
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago 1988 - 1993
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering
Skills:
Intellectual Property, Patents, Nanotechnology, Nanofabrication, Thin Films, Materials Science, Intellectual Property Strategy, Patent Analysis, Patent Portfolio Management, R&D, Patent Strategy, Patentability, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Semiconductors, US Patent, Patent Portfolio Development, Patent Searching, Patent Portfolio Analysis, Intellectual Asset Management, Intellectual Capital Management, Intellectual Property Valuation, Knowledge Engineering, Intangible Assets, IP transactions, Innovation Management, Nanomaterials, Coatings
Interests:
Patent drafting, patent prosecution, intellectual property, IP law, IP strategy, IP monetization, competitive sailing.
Honor & Awards:
HONORS
• American Society of Materials Merit Scholarship-University of Illinois.
• Walter P. Murphy Fellow-Northwestern University.
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, and Alpha Sigma Mu International Honor Society for Materials Science and Engineering.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (partial list)
• Reviewer for Applied Physic Letters, Journal of Materials Research, and Journal of the American Ceramics Society.
• Symposium Chair and Sessions Chair, Materials Research Society Fall Meetings, 2002, 2001, 2000.
• Co-Organizer, Passive Components for Power Electronics Workshop, 2000.
• Meeting Chair, American Vacuum Society-Illinois Chapter Spring Meeting, 1996.
• President, Northwestern University Chapter of the Materials Research Society, 1996.