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MIKE MIHAYLOV

Cell: 818-***-****

Work: 818-***-****

E-mail: ********@**********.***

Skype: mike_at_ah

EDUCATION:

Graduate Degree: Electrical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Undergraduate Degree: Physics, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Legal: Whittier Law School, UWLA Law School (1st year law school coursework completed)

Honors: Dean’s Honors List, School of Letters and Science, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

EXPERIENCE:

2010 – Present Patent prosecution and patent litigation project work in various fields of art.

2008 – 2010 Jones Day LLP (Los Angeles Office)

Patent Agent - All aspects of domestic and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, drafting patent applications

and responses to Office Actions, e-filing of patent applications, information disclosure statements and responses

to Office Actions, correspondence with foreign patent associates, PCT practice, drafting appeal briefs and reply

briefs, client correspondence, performing patentability searches, company visits to check on patent portfolio status

and discuss patent litigation prospects, management of voluminous patent portfolio, patent portfolio preparation,

pre-litigation patent analysis, drafting claims charts, drafting claim construction briefs, drafting summary

judgment arguments, drafting and responding to discovery requests, attend to extensive patent discovery, attend to

conferences with USPTO examiners, consult with inventors on patent issues, and legal research.

2004 – 2007 Cislo & Thomas LLP (Santa Monica/Westlake Village Offices)

Patent Agent - All aspects of domestic and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, drafting patent applications

and responses to Office Actions, company visits to meet with inventors and generate invention disclosures,

performing patentability searches, preparation of information disclosure statements, drafting patent validity

opinions, drafting non-infringement opinions, drafting patentability opinions, drafting appeal briefs, drafting reply

briefs, conduct inventor interviews, correspond with foreign patent associates, client correspondence, supervision

of patent draftsmen, analysis of patent re-examination requests and file wrapper history, review and revision of

patent licensing agreements, legal research, attend to extensive patent discovery, pre-litigation patent analysis,

drafting claims charts, analysis of prior art in preparation of summary judgment arguments.

2003 – 2004 Wang & Patel LLP (Newport Beach)

Patent Engineer - Drafting patent applications and responses to Office Actions, performing patentability searches,

drafting patent infringement litigation counterclaims, preparation of information disclosure statements, PCT

practice, conducting inventor interviews, client correspondence, supervision of patent draftsman, and patent

reexamination proceedings, extensive patent analysis in preparation for Markman hearing.

1999 – 2003 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (Los Angeles Office)

Scientific Advisor - Responsible for all aspects of domestic and foreign patent and trademark preparation and

prosecution, drafting patent applications and responses to Office Actions, company visits to interview inventors

and draft invention disclosures, PCT practice, drafting EPO patent appeal briefs, correspondence with foreign

patent associates, preparation of information disclosure statements, client correspondence, performing

patentability searches, client meetings, preparation of claims charts, patent litigation support, intellectual property

due diligence investigations, patent infringement analysis, drafting USPTO appeal briefs and reply briefs, review

of company intellectual property portfolio prior to merger, preparation of intellectual property status report for

client company Board of Directors, monitor and maintain existing patent licensing agreements, review and

revision of patent licensing agreements, attend to copyright and trademark prosecution matters, legal research,

trademark appeal practice (TTAB).

TECHNOLOGIES:

Web transaction visualization systems, video coding, automotive engines, vehicle dynamics control, automated

speech recognition, encryption/decryption, data storage devices, network storage systems, digital audio

processing, software applications, mechanical systems, FPGA design, CMOS sensors for digital cameras, robotic

fueling systems, ASIC physical design tool methodology, medical devices, electro-hydraulic servo valve systems,

computer firmware, avionic systems, printer systems, bar code printers, portable printers, PDA applications,

computer architecture, digital imaging, electro-mechanical control systems, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

(VCSELs), DC motors, CPAP devices, fluid level sensing systems, Hall position sensors, limited angle torque

motors, image forming devices, thermal print head design, printer firmware design, RFID systems, electrostatic

charge dissipation systems, switching power supplies, power line communication systems, in-flight hydraulic

motor warming systems, print head bracket latching systems, portable computing terminals, latching systems for

portable computing terminals, ink-jet printers, print head servicing, classification of web transaction datasets,

UDDI web service systems, protective coatings, fiber-reinforced plastics, laminate manufacturing, epoxy resin

molding applications, epoxy hardeners, convective heat transfer, scintillation cameras, exercise equipment, toys,

gambling systems, satellite TV broadcasting systems, data streaming applications, digital photography, electrical

cabling systems, power electronics.

FIELDS OF ART:

Electronic circuits, mechanical and electro-mechanical systems, encryption/decryption, automotive systems,

aerodynamics, laser instrumentation, electro-magnetics, medical physics, medical electronics, electro-chemical,

optical, opto-electronic, data storage, biotechnology, medical devices, quantum computing, computer hardware,

computer software, computer operating system architecture, IC chip manufacturing, digital signal processing,

telecommunications, hydraulic systems, avionics, printers, pneumatic systems, network systems, control systems,

robotics, software applications, network storage, aerospace, data mining, metadata analysis and removal, digital

video processing, HIV treatment and prevention.

SOFTWARE:

CPI, WorldSuite, CPA, Inprotech, MS Office 2003/2007/2010, Visio 2003/2007, WordPerfect, Elite, Carpe Diem,

Wind River, IPDAS, FileSurf, PCT-SAFE, Global IP Estimator, Inpadoc, Delphion, LexisNexis, Westlaw,

Derwent, Dialog, FreeBSD, Unix, Ubuntu, Matlab, AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, C++.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Detailed knowledge of M.P.E.P., 35 U.S.C., 37 C.F.R., PCT (Patent

Cooperation Treaty), EPC (European Patent Convention). Extensive patent search experience: Private/Public

PAIR, USPTO patent database, JPO patent database, CPO patent database, EPO-Espacenet, SIPO (Chinese Patent

Office), TWPAT (Taiwan Patent Office), Rospatent (Russian Patent and Trademark Office), BPO (Bulgarian

Patent Office).

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