Experience

M&B IP Patent Firm

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Patent Attorney

  • Feb 2016 - Present

  Prosecution of technically complex patent applications Prosecution of technically complex patent applications



USPTO

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2021

  Drafting and prosecution of technically complex patent applications Drafting and prosecution of technically complex patent applications



Alcatel-Lucent

• New Jersey - Bell Labs

• Senior Corporate Intellectual Property Counsel

  • Dec 2006 - Jul 2015

  Patent drafting and prosecution, both domestic and foreign Invention identification and harvesting Invention disclosure meetings Portfolio mining Outside counsel management Patent assertion, resulting in licenses worth hundreds of millions of dollars Claim charting Defense against assertions of others Licensing Other agreements Opinions Supervision and training of junior attorneys Client consulting (for technical staff and managers up to director level) including including training and education on IP matters Strategy - patent filing strategy – negotiation strategy – IP strategy Litigation support. Technologies: Wireless communication, including LTE, UMTS, GSM, CDMA, TDMA, MIMO, and pagers. Optical communications, including transmitters, receivers, fibers, multiplexers, demultiplexers and all-optical switching. Computer hardware, both circuit and system level, including architectures. Computer software, including e-commerce, Internet, cloud computing, programming methodologies, and security. Digital and analog circuits. Video coding, including MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. Audio coding, including MP3 and AC3. Speech coding, including CELP. Terahertz Technologies. Touch Screen Technologies. User Interfaces. GPS Technologies. Telephone services, systems, transmission and switching. Data networking. Firewalls. Heat transfer. Semiconductor processing. Memory Technology. Micro-electrical mechanical systems (MEMS). Show less



Lucent Technologies Bell Labs innovations

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Counsel

  • Jul 1996 - Nov 2006



Philips

• Netherlands
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intellectual Property Counsel

  • Jan 1996 - Jul 1996

  Patent drafting and prosecution - domestic and foreign - Defense against other’s assertion - Trademarks. Patent drafting and prosecution - domestic and foreign - Defense against other’s assertion - Trademarks.



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Patent Attorney, Intellectual Property-Law

  • Aug 1989 - Jan 1996



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member of Technical Staff

  • 1985 - 1989

  Lead engineer for the telephone sets of the Partner Communications System, of which over 300,000 systems have been sold. These telephones are used by small businesses, and they (and the second generation model) have appeared in many movies and television shows. Applied Research - Designed and developed prototypes for potential new communications products. Lead engineer for the telephone sets of the Partner Communications System, of which over 300,000 systems have been sold. These telephones are used by small businesses, and they (and the second generation model) have appeared in many movies and television shows. Applied Research - Designed and developed prototypes for potential new communications products.