Ann Marie Alpha-Kpetewama

**** **** ****

Fort Washington, Maryland 20744

301-***-**** (Home)

202-***-**** (Work)

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a Position as Intellectual Property Docketing Manager

EMPLOYMENT

IP Patent Administrator 6/2007 - Present

GOODWIN & PROCTER, LLP

Washington, DC

Send out the daily dockets every morning. Move dates and answer all

questions regarding intellectual property matters. Communicate with

clients regarding outstanding annuities and maintenance fees and instruct

payment through CPI. Maintain the PTO Deposit and American Express

accounts. Open new client/matter numbers. Review all filings to the

Patent and Trademark Office. Open and docket all U.S., foreign and

trademark mail. Maintain a Patent and Trademark mail log entry. Send out

monthly dockets every month. Correspond with foreign associates and

clients regarding outstanding due dates. Insert time into CMS for any

billable time that occurs. Reconcile invoices and prepare check requests

for outstanding foreign invoices. Create reports for clients and staff.

Travel to other offices to help out in the docketing departments. Docket

all foreign trademark matters for the Boston and New York Offices. Keep up

with the rules and changes with the Patent and Trademark Office and other

responsibilities that are in an Intellectual Property Law Firm.

Docket Paralegal II 8/15/2003 - 6/2007

HUNTON & WILLIAMS, LTD.

Washington, DC

Send out the daily dockets every morning to the McLean, Richmond and DC

offices; printed and organized the monthly dockets and distributed them to

the appropriate offices; cleared entries off for the docket for all

offices; docketed all Patent and Trademark filings each day; opened and

docketed all mail; opened new matters into the docketing system and other

duties in an Intellectual Law Firm Docketing Department.

*Left to go with Partners to Goodwin & Procter to start-up IP Section in

Washington, DC office

Docketing Manager 1/15/2001 - 8/15/2003

BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.

Washington, DC

Managed and supervised a staff of nine employees for the DC, Boston and

Chicago offices. Provided evaluations and counseling for employees.

Maintained all docketing procedures and policies in the four offices of

Portland, Chicago, Boston and DC. Provided training and development for

staff to familiarize with scope of the procedures necessary to complete

assignments. Approved requests for staff vacations and personal leave;

ensured adequate staff coverage. Provided daily supervision of department

workflow to ensure accurate and efficient docketing and processing of all

clients and case-related communications in accordance with U.S. and foreign

practice for patent and trademarks. Formulated appropriate work schedules

to accommodate fluctuating workflow. Scheduled overtime as needed and

assigned special projects as needed. Reviewed and docketed faxes, incoming

packages, foreign mail, etc. Supervised the clearing of the State Bar

(last day items) for the firm. Provided second review of all incoming

docketing PTO communications and all docketed foreign mail including PCT

cases. Printed out daily dockets for the whole firm and cleared the end of

the day reports.

Legal Secretary 4/1997 - 1/15/2001

BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.

Washington, DC

Duties included: Opening new files; preparing patent applications with or

without sequence listings, arranging travel plans, preparing and filing

responses to Notice to File Missing Parts, preparing transmittal of

drawings, preparing drawings to the draftsman, preparing Rule 132

Amendments and typing Amendments and other correspondence; preparing and

filing Certificate of Corrections, maintaining a heavy daily docket,

photocopying, maintaining attorney daily time entries and other secretarial

duties in an intellectual property law firm.

Legal Secretary 1/1997 - 4/1997

STASS & HALSEY

Washington, DC

Duties included: Preparation of patent applications; preparing prebills to

clients, transcribing from a Dictaphone, typing amendments, filing,

photocopying; relieving receptionist duties; maintaining a daily docket and

other secretarial duties in an intellectual property law firm.

Legal Secretary 6/1996 - 2/1997

PARKHURST, WENDEL & BURR

Alexandria, Virginia

Duties included: Transcribing from a Dictaphone, typing amendments,

responses, maintaining an up-to-date docket book, acting as back-up to the

receptionist and other secretaries in the office; sending out faxes;

filings; preparing and filing new patent and trademark applications in the

USPTO; photocopying and other various duties in an intellectual property

law firm.

Legal Secretary 1990-1996

VARNDELL LEGAL GROUP

Alexandria, Virginia

Duties included: Answering telephone calls, transcribing from the

Dictaphone, typing amendments, responses, keeping a calendar, maintaining

an up-to-date docket book for the office; opening all incoming mail;

sending faxes and telexes; obtaining copies of domestic and foreign patents

at the United States Patent and Trademark Offices; conducting research at

the International Trademark Commission; docketing all incoming

correspondence from the USPTO; preparing PCT applications; maintaining a

financial folder; making deposits into company's account; obtaining copies

of file histories for patent and trademarks; reviewing and preparing patent

and trademark applications to be filed in the USPTO; delivering responses

to the Examiner's Group Unit; making travel arrangements; preparing

initinary trips abroad; maintaining client accounts; assigning docket

numbers; maintaining the deposit account for the USPTO; preparing foreign

applications; reviewing and preparing copyright applications; ordering

supplies and other various duties in an intellectual property law firm.

Legal Secretary 1988 - 1990

FISHER, CHRISTEN & SABOL

Washington, DC

Performed general legal secretarial duties in the Patent and Trademark

areas of law, including maintaining a calendar; recording attorney's time;

handling all travel arrangements; organizing meetings; sending faxes and

telexes; covering receptionist duties; transcribing from the Dictaphone,

handling client billings and keeping attorneys up-to-date on

correspondence and calls from clients and other secretarial duties in an

intellectual property law firm.

SKILLS

Experience in the following systems:

* PC Master (Version 3.03.01)

* IP Master (Version 1.1.17)

* Iproma

* CPI

* Microsoft Word

* WordPerfect 6.1

* CMS Accounting and File Management System

REFERENCES

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