Experience

Invoke

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Patent Attorney

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Aug 2005 - Dec 2022

  Providing legal IP counsel to world leading medical device companies through acquisitions, sales, and divestitures. Utilizing familiarity with the USPTO count system and interview practice to minimize prosecution history, expand patent scope, and expediate the patent grant process. Conducting patentability and landscape investigations and providing analysis to clients for informed decision making. Drafting clearance and freedom-to-operate opinions and providing advice for design arounds to minimize or eliminate potential risk. Reviewing and advising on licensing agreements and acquisition negotiations. • Conducted due diligence of Chinese corporations manufacturing surgical stapling devices to explore the possibility of an acquisition/partnership to increase market share in China. • Reviewed patent application filings and marketing literature of competitors to anticipate new stapling products, performed mining of patent portfolio to identify pending cases with like features, and drafted and prosecuted claims to read on competitor's products. Show less



TYCO Engineered Products and Services

• Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

• IP Legal Intern

  • Dec 2004 - Jun 2006

  Assist in-house IP counsel and paralegals in organizing worldwide patent and trademark filings and confirming the status of the filings. Research and prepare a legal memorandum addressing fair use of copyrighted material in internal corporate presentations. Work with outside counsel to draft a patent application and prepare responses to office actions. Assist in-house IP counsel and paralegals in organizing worldwide patent and trademark filings and confirming the status of the filings. Research and prepare a legal memorandum addressing fair use of copyrighted material in internal corporate presentations. Work with outside counsel to draft a patent application and prepare responses to office actions.