Experience

American Red Cross Southern California Region

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • May 2020 - Present



Rimon Law

• Contract Associate

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Greater San Diego Area



Novartis

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Patent Counsel

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2017

  Emeryville, CA Patent portfolio development and management FTO and patentability analyses Drafting and prosecution of patent applications, mainly for LMW drug candidates and related treatment methods Training and counseling in-house scientists on IP issues CDA's, MTA's, and research collaboration agreements Contributor to corporate IP policies, processes and templates Oncology and Infectious Disease IP



Morrison Foerster

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Of Counsel

  • 2004 - Jan 2011

  Patent prosecution, primarily related to chemical technologies Portfolio development and counseling Freedom to Operate and Patentability Analyses Patent Litigation (technical and patent aspects--the fun parts) Reexamination / Litigation avoidance I am based in San Diego but also work in San Francisco regularly I work for clients in Seattle, Atlanta, Boston, Hawaii, North Carolina, China, Switzerland, Vancouver, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany...as well as the San Diego… Show more Patent prosecution, primarily related to chemical technologies Portfolio development and counseling Freedom to Operate and Patentability Analyses Patent Litigation (technical and patent aspects--the fun parts) Reexamination / Litigation avoidance I am based in San Diego but also work in San Francisco regularly I work for clients in Seattle, Atlanta, Boston, Hawaii, North Carolina, China, Switzerland, Vancouver, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany...as well as the San Diego and San Francisco areas Because I spent 15 years as a research scientist, my technical expertise is especially strong in organic chemistry: I speak 'Chemistry' fluently, work with pharmaceutical patents and issues regularly, and understand how R&D happens. I also understand how critical it is to base your patent strategy and budget on your business plan. Show less



Dow AgroSciences

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research Scientist

  • 1992 - 2001

  Herbicide discovery research Technical Leader for Project Creation Chemistry group Inventor on 10 issued US patents for novel herbicides and processes for making them



Dow

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • 1985 - 1992

  Agrochemicals researcher