Experience

Capitol City TechLaw, PLLC

• Registered Patent and Trademark Attorney | Co-Owner

  • Aug 2012 - Present

  Washington D.C. Metro Area I provide patent counseling to clients of all sizes. I specialize in domestic and international patent prosecution, and trademarks. My technical expertise includes electrical engineering, computer science, and business methods.wide-ranging experience in diverse aspects of patent law, including patent preparation and prosecution, opinions, and litigation. My practice is concentrated in the areas of patent prosecution, client counseling, and development of validity and infringement opinions. I… Show more I provide patent counseling to clients of all sizes. I specialize in domestic and international patent prosecution, and trademarks. My technical expertise includes electrical engineering, computer science, and business methods.wide-ranging experience in diverse aspects of patent law, including patent preparation and prosecution, opinions, and litigation. My practice is concentrated in the areas of patent prosecution, client counseling, and development of validity and infringement opinions. I have extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, particularly in the software, electrical engineering, mechanical and business method arts. Show less



Winston & Strawn LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• IP Attorney

  • Feb 2006 - Jul 2012

  Washington D.C. Metro Area • Managed and built patent portfolios • Prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications • Advised clients on key technologies to protect • Determined patentability of new products • Prepared and filed patent reexaminations • Investigated competitors patent portfolios • Representative technologies include computer hardware and software, cellular, wireless communications, telecommunications, business methods, data processing, networking standards, web-based… Show more • Managed and built patent portfolios • Prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications • Advised clients on key technologies to protect • Determined patentability of new products • Prepared and filed patent reexaminations • Investigated competitors patent portfolios • Representative technologies include computer hardware and software, cellular, wireless communications, telecommunications, business methods, data processing, networking standards, web-based products, vacuums, air cleaners, micro-fluid manipulation devices, biochemistry laboratory instrumentation, optical detection systems, and mechanical devices • Core member of trial team representing Verizon against Vonage (settled for $120 million after appeal at the Federal Circuit) • Litigated patents related to semiconductors, telecommunications, electronics, software, computer networks, business methods, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and chemicals • Litigated in patent rocket dockets such as Eastern District of Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin • Evaluated intellectual property assets in the context of litigation to determine patents to be asserted against adverse party • Prepared briefs and District Court mandated documents such as infringement contentions, invalidity contentions, Markman briefs, Daubert motions • Managed and worked closely with technical experts to prepare patent validity, invalidity, infringement, non-infringement and testing reports • Prepared reports and took depositions of patent practice experts and patent prosecutors • Managed and conducted infringement testing of accused products • Conducted and defended depositions of experts and other witnesses • Appealed and defended appeals at the Federal Circuit • Evaluated and negotiated patent licenses and acquisitions on behalf of client • Prepared legal opinions of validity, infringement, freedom-to-operate, and pre-launch product clearance • Licensed technologies for client use and use by third parties Show less



Kilyk & Bowersox

• United States
• Legal Services

• IP Attorney

  • May 2003 - Feb 2006

  Fairfax, VA • Prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications • Determined patentability of new products • Interviewed inventors • Representative technologies include business methods, data processing, web-based products, micro-fluid manipulation devices, biochemistry laboratory instrumentation and optical detection systems



BAE Systems

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Technical Consultant

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Lead the design, development, and implementation of a web-based, mass mailing system on behalf of the US Postal Service, now a nationwide, multi-million dollar business. Provided direction and on-going guidance for end-to-end system operation, administration, and maintenance. Provided technical engineering support toward the development of short and long-term strategic design initiatives. System was a complex, hybrid UNIX, Windows NT environment using a queued client/server model to… Show more Lead the design, development, and implementation of a web-based, mass mailing system on behalf of the US Postal Service, now a nationwide, multi-million dollar business. Provided direction and on-going guidance for end-to-end system operation, administration, and maintenance. Provided technical engineering support toward the development of short and long-term strategic design initiatives. System was a complex, hybrid UNIX, Windows NT environment using a queued client/server model to implement load-sharing and task-tracking. It sorted and farmed work to various resources using a multitude of priority levels. Service requests for the system were collected using a web front-end utilizing HTML and JavaScript to offload CPU intensive calculations to a client terminal as necessary. Designed, implemented and administered a 1TB Oracle 8i database. Show less



Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher LLP

• IP Attorney

  • 2001 - 2002

  • Prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications • Representative technologies include computer hardware and software, wireless communications, business methods, networking standards



InfoSystems Technology, Inc

• Independent Technical Consultant

  • Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Founded independent consulting firm to provide various levels of system/security needs assessment and support for growing client base. Designed, implemented, and tested Trusted RUBIX multilevel secure database management system, to include extensive work with B-trees, ESQL, SQL/CLI, and RDA implementation for RUBIX/RDBMS data exchange. Oversaw, trained, and set standards for engineering staff to manage product development, testing and shipping life cycle. Conducted on-going IV&V.



Haley Computer Services

• United States
• Computer and Network Security

• Sr. Trust Engineer

  • Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Coordinated on C2 evaluation of NetWare 4.1. Developed documentation to meet TNI requirements, including: network security architecture; security semantics for TCB interfaces; NetWare design; and Security Features Guide for B2 network component. Conducted object studies to verify security model effectiveness and resolve TNI-related development issues.



MITRE

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Analyst

  • Jan 1990 - Jan 1993

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Evaluated secure software systems based on Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria. Served as department network engineer for SUN system. Developed and integrated penetration detection tools to identify LAN vulnerabilities. Provided security and risk assessment expertise toward proposal bid for nationwide networking services. Evaluated UNIX systems. Gained expertise in application development for X Windows, and C++/Motif programming.



Automation Research Systems

• United States
• Software Development

• Systems Analyst

  • Jan 1988 - Jan 1990

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Designed and programmed various Oracle, Informix applications. Worked in South Korea on a command and control graphics systems for the US Army.



ORI/Calculon, Inc

• Systems Developer

  • Jan 1986 - Jan 1988

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Applications developer and system administrator.



Ztel, Inc

• United States
• Construction

• Systems Engineer

  • 1986 - 1986

  Greater Boston Area Developed public digital exchange.



Xylogics, Inc

• Programmer

  • 1985 - 1985

  Greater Boston Area Programmed disk controllers.