About
I am currently an Associate in the Intellectual Property Group of Pearl Cohen's New York office. My practice focuses mainly on US patent prosecution, inter partes reexamination, litigation support, including eDiscovery and legal research, patent searching, as well as freedom to operate, patentability, and infringement opinions. My work encompasses a broad variety of products and complex technologies, including external, implantable and swallowable medical devices, batteries, mechanical valve assemblies and motor vehicle technology, including hybrid systems. I have also gained experience in brain-computer interfaces and cognitive languages, as well as consumer products such as stroller accessories.
Prior to becoming an Associate, I worked as a patent paralegal, scientific adviser and patent agent at Pearl Cohen. I have gained extensive knowledge and experience in both US and foreign patent prosecution procedure, managing world-wide patent families, and drafting patent applications and responses to Office Actions.
I am licensed in New York State.
I am registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Specialties: Patent Prosecution (Life Sciences; Medical Devices; Mechanical Engineering); Freedom to Operate and Infringement Opinions; Litigation Support.
Work history
Associate Attorney
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
August 2013 – Present (1 year 11 months)New York, New York
Patent Agent
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
May 2012 – August 2013 (1 year 4 months)New York, New York
Scientific Advisor
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
April 2011 – May 2012 (1 year 2 months)New York, New York
Paralegal/Legal Assistant
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
February 2010 – April 2011 (1 year 3 months)New York, New York
Paralegal/Legal Assistant
Cooper & Dunham LLP
September 2008 – February 2010 (1 year 6 months)
Education and qualifications
Fordham University School of Law, J.D, 2013
The Ohio State University, M.S. Biochemistry, 2008
The Ohio State University, B.S. Microbiology, 2006
Publications
Cubonova, L. et al., "Spontaneous trpY Mutants and Mutational Analysis of the TrpY Archaeal Transcription Regulator", Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 189, No. 11, 4338-4342 (2007).
Munoz, V.M., Andrew Cochran, "What Constitutes 'a Sale' and 'an Offer to Sell'? The Federal Circuit's decision in Halo v. Pulse also evokes revision of the willfulness standard," The Intellectual Property Strategist, December 4, 2014.
