Mike Fisher

*** ****** **.

Rockwell, NC ****8

828-***-****

acgm01@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Highly experienced and strongly motivated self-starter. Extremely

skilled and efficient hard working team player. Thrive equally well in

both legal and technical environments, and adapts quickly to new

environments and changes. Excellent research, writing, and presentation

skills. Adept at working with engineers to ferret out patentable

inventions and significant trade secrets.

Experience

FPG Inc. - Hickory, NC

Patent Attorney, 2006-Present

. Started a General Electric preferred provider law firm. Prepare,

file, and prosecute patent applications in front of the USPTO and

abroad (e.g., EPO and JPO) for large corporations as well as for

private individuals, small businesses, and Universities.

. Draft appeal briefs and pre-appeal briefs, prepare patent and

trademark search requests and infringement opinions, draft and

review license agreements, and software development agreements,

etc. Prepare search report results analyses. Draft validity, non-

validity, and freedom to operate opinions.

. Technical areas include semi-conductor electronic devices such as

RF communication devices, VLSI, memory chips, telephony, energy

detector circuits, computer software, computer hardware,

appliances, medical devices, water delivery devices, motors,

transmissions, sensors, appliances, and other electro/mechanical

semi-conductor devices. Software experience includes medical

imaging including Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging,

Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and mixed modality

applications. Software experience also includes advanced

mathematic applications involving weighting functions, kernel

transforms and encryption algorithms.

. Areas of expertise further include software design, wireless

technologies, networking, industrial control, sub-chip level

design, signal processing, web-based inventions, user interfaces,

communications protocols, software APIs and hardware interfaces,

and analog and digital circuit design.

Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, NC

Patent Attorney, 2005-2006

. Co-Managed the Hardware and Equipment patent and trademark

portfolio.

. Prepared applications and related prosecution. Infringement

analysis and related opinions. Licensing investigations.

Acquisition analysis. Managed Outside Counsel both foreign and

domestic with respect to patent prosecution and international

litigation. Appellate practice.

Armstrong Teasdale LLP - St. Louis, Missouri

Patent Attorney, 2000-2005

. Managed several large clients and reviewed work of junior

practitioners to ensure a high quality efficient workflow to meet or

exceed client's expectations. Infringement analysis and related

opinions. Licensing investigations and due diligence. Managed

Clients' patent portfolios and conducted invention mining sessions.

Education

University of Missouri - St. Louis, Missouri

BS Physics, BS Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, 1997, GPA: 3.7

Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri

Juris Doctorate 2000

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