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0-5 years of experience
Advanced to a Paralegal Assistant position after four months as a receptionist and to Senior Paralegal Assistant after one year
- Performed legal research and assisted in the prosecution of United States and international patent rules
- Independently developed a knowledge base regarding patent law
- Composed, drafted and revised correspondence and legal documents for clients and attorneys with strict attention to deadlines
- Created and maintained calendars for attorneys with important deadlines
0-5 years of experience
Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed contracts in Ariba SharePoint for compliance with FDA regulations, and non-disclosure agreements among 35 states.
- Conducted on-line pharmacovigilance/E-Discovery research for Regulatory FDA RIM compliance of pharmaceutical-osteoporosis drugs with IBM Officer.
- Created MS Excel spreadsheets for IT vendors, while monitoring Microsoft SQL/SSIS queries via Access database VBScripts from ad hoc data.
- Assisted officer with the prosecution of individuals for web site and publication infringement to comply with patent compliance and contract jargons.
- Managed docketing of USPTO’s for filing of trademarks, while corresponding with FDA officials for licensing of patents and utilizing FETCH.
- Reformed, negotiated, and drafted SOP contracts of partnerships and limited liability agreements based on standard regulatory with Powers Of Attorney.
- Negotiated disclosures and contracts for cost & pricing with regards to vendor licensing and compliance regulatory amendment prior to redlining.
- Abstracted and researched commercial leases with liens and service agreements while drafting certificates of incorporation/formation with ad-hoc titles.
6-10 years of experience
Handled all Docketing for patents and trademarks into computer systems; solely maintaining two docketing systems (CTS and CPI)
- Prepared & electronically filed patent applications (Provisional & NonProvisional), IDS, Issue Fees and retrieved previous patents and documents necessary for Office Actions and other PTO Forms
- Filed Amendments, Final Amendments, Restriction Requirements, various Petitions, RCEs, Notice of Appeals, Appeal Briefs, Reply Briefs, and all other documents involved in patent prosecution
- Maintained all the firm’s working files and ensured all the firm’s statutory deadlines were maintained and met
- Proofread and made corrections on all final patent applications, amendments, and all documents filed with the USPTO, including Assignments, Decs & Sub-Decs
- Assisted converting foreign & PCT patent applications into US Applications
- Performed legal research for potential patent litigation cases
- Head Paralegal, in charge of training, coordinating and supervising multiple junior paralegals and secretaries
0-5 years of experience
Responsibilities included assisting three patent attorneys.
- Thorough knowledge of IP procedures and performing legal and administrative tasks.
- Acted as liaison between attorneys, clients, World Trade locations, and consulting law firms.
- Timely preparation of and protection of detailed legal and technical documents, including patent applications, amendments, and various Office Actions for filing in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
- Maintained and supervised IP docket, filing status, and prosecution calendar for attorneys’ case load.
- Scheduled appointments, coordinated travel arrangements, meetings, and presentations in addition to general administrative duties.
- Organized and prioritized attorneys’ workloads and assisted other paralegals with their workloads for filing deadlines.
0-5 years of experience
Supported senior partner and worked closely with other partner level attorneys, associates, and scientific advisors in foreign patent office of firm
- Communicated directly with clients and foreign counsel regarding foreign patent filing campaigns and foreign application filing and various office actions
- Obtained documents due such as Power of Attorney, Assignment of Rights and facilitated matter forwarding to foreign counsel, EPO, WIPO, etc.
- Researched International PCT regional stage applications and patent publications through national intellectual property patent databases EPO, NIPO, OEPM, SIPO
- Updated and maintained IP docketing and annuity management systems
0-5 years of experience
Managed and maintained CPI patent docketing system.
- Trained junior docketing staff on domestic and foreign articles/rules, patent docketing system, and annuities.
- Evaluated new file transfers and acquisitions to ensure accurate docketing and data entry into patent
- Performed all docketing reports and queries.
- Assisted Patent Administrator with special projects.
0-5 years of experience
Prepared international (PCT) and foreign patent filings.
- Managed foreign actions and steps in prosecution.
- Drafted reporting letters and client communication regarding status of various actions.
- Maintained communication with foreign affiliate counsel.
- Prepared client portfolio status and due diligence reports.
0-5 years of experience
Reviewed and analyzed over 1000 highly confidential patents and applications for relevancy
- Selected to travel to Israel to learn new docketing database in order to administer training to coworkers
- Scanned documents and transferred them into electronic copies for more efficient accessibility
- Managed an Excel spreadsheet to track all patents/applications and distributed the spreadsheet to the scientists
- Processed electronic billing invoices for payment
- Collaborated with corporate headquarters in Israel to ensure electronic files transferred properly
0-5 years of experience
Managed data migration to Lecorpio case management system for Patent Legal Department
- Verified inventorship using Declarations, Assignments, and IDF
- Corresponded with in-house attorneys regarding status of applications provided by outside counsel
- Reviewed and requested additional information from law firms in reference to data reconciliation project
- Audited file histories and previously entered data, including priority information, against PAIR, WIPO, and Espacenet
- Instructed Corporate Engineers on various data sync to Lecorpio
- Conducted staff trainings on Lecorpio Data Reconciliation Project
- Provided back-up support on various patent projects as well as in Docketing Department
0-5 years of experience
- Prepared and electronically filed U.S. patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Drafted and processed official correspondence
- Researched, prepared and filed Information Disclosure Statements
- Conducted electronic patent searches
- Generated and provided clients with patent status reports and invoices
0-5 years of experience
- Filed U.S. patent applications (Utility, Design, Provisional and Continuation) and responded to notices from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- Filed foreign patent applications (PCT Requests and Demands) respond to Invitations from the PCT, and provided documentation as requested from foreign agents.
- Prepared documentation through all stages of prosecution (Filing Missing Parts, Office Action and Issue Fee) and prepared documentation required by USPTO (Declaration, Assignment, Power of Attorney, Formal Drawings and IDS).
- Maintained patent docket database to ensure that all deadlines are met accordingly and exceeded expected billing hours on a monthly basis.
- Interviewed paralegal candidates and trained new hires as well as mentored current staffed paralegals for further development.
0-5 years of experience
Prepared all documents for National Phase filings including, Agreements, Assignments and Power of Attorney for filing with international agents.
- Provided instructions to foreign agents on all International Phase filings.
- Docketed U.S. and Foreign Filing correspondence into CPI Patent database.
- Performed cost analysis of translation services.
- Monitored and tracked critical due dates to ensure deadlines were met in timely manner.
- Assisted in completion of IP group projects as needed.
- Beta tested with the integration of the new paperless First to File software system.
- Collaborated with patent attorneys and management to align company-wide consistency in policy and procedures.
- Maintained and quality controlled patent database.
- Primary contact for foreign agent, external clients and internal personnel on patent related matters.
0-5 years of experience
- Organized disclosure reviews, prepared complex reports & metrics for Patent Review Committee (PRC) to aide in their decision making.
- Performed web based patent searches.
- Ran Queries and generated reports for the management.
- Reviewed outside counsels’ monthly status reports and reconciled them with our database.
- Created, updated, and maintained spreadsheets on Livelink (internal portal for disclosure management).
- Acted as a liaison between inventors, docketing, in-house counsels, outside counsels, and foreign agents.
- Performed agreement/licensing with third-party searches using Document Express and Legal File Index.
- Provided patent litigation support to the attorneys.
0-5 years of experience
- Prepared disclosures for filing with the USPTO and the International Bureau of WIPO and prepared documents for foreign filing instruction for various countries.
- Assisted office manager with human resources duties such as interviewing prospective staff and trained and supervised paralegals, legal secretaries and legal assistants.
- Filed electronic responses to office actions for Trademarks with the USPTO.
- Prepared reporting letters to clients and responded to issued Office Actions and notifications from the USPTO and issued notifications from WIPO; prosecuted applications until allowance and maintained docket summaries for over 100 cases.