LEGAL EXPERIENCE
• Associate, The Marbury Law Group, PLLC; 1999 - present
• Admitted to Bar, Virginia
• Registered Patent Attorney
Practicing in patent, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets
and litigation related to these areas. Particular emphasis
in drafting patent applications in the mechanical engineering
and electrical arts; appealing cases to the Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences; drafting client requests for
reexamination; rendering validity and infringement options
for technical clients;and representing clients in all other aspects
of patent prosecution from initial disclosure to issuance of
patent.
ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
1989 – 1999 United States Patent & Trademark Office, Arlington,
Virginia; Patent Examiner (Primary Patent Examiner
1994 - 1999)
Issued over 700 patents over 10 year at the Patent
Office. Trained new examiners in regular, CPA,
appeal, reissue, reexamination, and PCT practice.
Examining duties included: checking applications
for form, searching prior art, determining
patentability, and preparing written communication
to the applicant in a timely manner. Experienced in
refrigeration art (Class 62), including:
superconductor refrigeration, semiconductor chip
cooling, biological cryopreservation, cryogenic air
and hydrocarbon distillation, and cryogenic removal
of xenon and krypton from nuclear plants.
Experienced in heating and drying art (Classes 423,
34, 110, 122, 236, 237, and 126), including: kilns
semiconductor diffusion furnaces, wafer boats, and
IPA vapor dryers.
1983 - 1989 Naval Surface Warfare Center, White Oak, MD;
Mechanical Engineer (Student Trainee, 1983 -
1986
Prepared test plans, managed tests, collected and
analyzed data, and published results supporting,
anti-submarine and special warfare (SEAL teams).
EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor, May 1998, George Mason University School
of Law, Arlington, VA - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 1986,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
