Work history
Associate Attorney
International Intellectual Property Law Group (IIPLG)
June 2012 – Present (3 years 1 month)Houston
I have extensive experience in patent procurement including patent drafting, appeals, responses to office actions, infringement opinions. I work to secure patent rights for a wide range of technology areas including interconnect framework (USB, PCIe, and the like) networking solutions, wireless technologies, software, computer hardware architecture, form factor designs, to name a few.
Associate Attorney
Maschoff Gilmore and Israelsen
March 2011 – June 2012 (1 year 4 months)Park City, Utah
Performed duties covering many areas of patent law, trademark law, and litigation support. Prepared patent applications, office action responses, appeal briefs, and other representations before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Law Clerk - Antitrust Division
Texas Attorney General
January 2011 – May 2011 (5 months)
Law clerk in the Antitrust Division of the Texas Attorney General. Duties included research on potential antitrust offenders, and preparation of briefs relating to specific offenses.
Patent Analytics
eLoyalty
November 2010 – May 2011 (7 months)
Software based technology patent landscape researching, infringement analysis.
Patent Analytics Intern
University of Texas Office of Technology Commercialization
January 2010 – May 2010 (5 months)
Researched patent landscapes for emerging technologies at the University of Texas. Required a basic understanding of the technology, plus an understanding of the how to search for patents already issued in the same area of technology.