EXPERIENCE

PRESIDENT,
IPARA, LLC

Sept. 2013 - present

Contract patent paralegal for various companies. both virtually and on-site (Minneapolis area), managing:

• U.S., PCT and foreign patent prosecution (applications, formal documents, IDSs, response templates, issue fees, etc.)

• Docketing

• Customer numbers, deposit accounts

• Due diligence projects

• Reporting

• Trademark portfolios

• Change of ownership projects

PATENT PARALEGAL,
DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

Feb. 2008 - Sept. 2013

• Handled U.S., PCT and foreign patent prosecution

• Prepared all paperwork to clients, foreign associates, and USPTO

• Monitored extensive docket

• Consistently met billable goal

INT'L PATENT PARALEGAL,
MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.

June 2000 - Aug. 2003

• Handled PCT and foreign patent applications

• Prepared all paperwork to clients, foreign associates, and USPTO

• Monitored extensive docket

• Consistently met billable goal