Experience

Billion & Armitage

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Patent Attorney

  • Oct 2020 - Present



Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Patent Attorney

  • 2005 - 2015

  Eden Prairie, Minnesota Patent prosecution in the areas of medical devices (e.g. stents, valves, catheters, deployment systems, coating systems); rotary presses and compression punches; floor conveyors/fork lift trucks; wind turbines/wind farms; munitions/hunting accessories; and laboratory devices (e.g. pipettes).



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Specialist

  • 1999 - 2001

  Madison, Wisconsin I performed cultures and assays on clinical samples to determine if the animal was infected with the bacterium Mycobacteria paratuberculosis, the causative agent of Johne's Disease. I also trained new personnel and graduate students to perform the tests. Co-author with M.T. Collins of an abstract entitled: If You Use a Different Test, You will Get a Different Answer (American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, 2000).



Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison

• Research Specialist / Lab Manager

  • 1997 - 1999

  Madison, Wisconsin I performed research on the bacterium Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, the causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia. I maintained the lab's culture collection and its corresponding database; sent out requested strains to colleagues. I was certified to mail biological specimens and to work with radioactivity and laboratory animals. I was promoted to Lab Manager after one year with additional responsibilities: to monitor lab inventory and order necessary supplies; to keep track of… Show more I performed research on the bacterium Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, the causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia. I maintained the lab's culture collection and its corresponding database; sent out requested strains to colleagues. I was certified to mail biological specimens and to work with radioactivity and laboratory animals. I was promoted to Lab Manager after one year with additional responsibilities: to monitor lab inventory and order necessary supplies; to keep track of expenses; to perform routine maintenance of lab equipment and to mentor rotation students. Co-author with L.B. Regassa and Susan E.H. West on three posters: Identification of a fur homologue in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (American Society for Microbiology, 1999); Identification of Genes Affecting ApxI Hemolytic Activity in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (American Society for Microbiology, 1998); and Characterization of Genes Affecting ApxI Hemolytic Activity in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Seventy-Eighth Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, 1997). Show less