Ms. Arshdeep Kaur Sidhu

**** *. ******* *** ****. Apt 606

Diamond Bar, CA 91765

951-***-****

abhj83@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

Office of Research, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA

(November 2008-Present)

Technology Commercialization Specialist, Provide critical programmatic and

project management support and expertise to the Assistant VC for Technology

Commercialization and to all Licensing Officers within the OTC. Collaborate

with faculty, attorneys, and other external constituents to support the

promotion of active development and commercialization of inventions.

Independently manage as well as assist Licensing Officers in managing

inventions. Assist OTC in fostering and monitoring research relationships

with governmental agencies, non-profit foundations, and industry, with the

goal of aligning such relationships to help UCR and external parties

advance their respective and mutual research interests. Preparing and

executing MTAs, CDAs, NDAs, NCDs, Licensing Agreements, etc.

In addition to the Office responsibilities, providing assistance to various

groups and organizations such as the Riverside Technology CEO Forum, Inland

Empire Tech Coast Angels, etc. by organizing their events, managing their

databases, filing their information.

Young & Thompson, Alexandria, VA (July-August 2008)

Summer Intern, Worked under Mr. Andrew Patch, Partner/Attorney. Trained in

various litigation practices, amendments to patent applications, drafting

and amending claims and specifications, responding to office actions from

the USPTO, assisting in patent infringement litigation, assisted in

interviews with Patent Examiners at the USPTO, responding and interacting

with clients and other office filings and duties.

EDUCATION

DEGREES:

Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH

Candidate for Master of Intellectual Property (MIP), July 2008

Coursework: Patent Practice & Procedure I & II, Patent Law, Legal

Writing, Research & Litigation, Intellectual Property Management,

Intellectual Property Research Tools, Trademark Law, Copy right Law,

Technology Licensing, Mining Patent Information.

Governor Student Bar Association, Member International Intellectual

Property Organization, Member Namaste India.

Panjab University, Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh, India

Master of Science (Hons.) in Biotechnology, April 2007

Thesis: "Making Stable Vectors Using Cloning of DapA gene of E. coli

DH5? in a vector pQE 30,"

Coursework: Animal Cell Culture, Plant Cell Culture, Bioprocess

Engineering, Adv. Molecular Biology, Adv. Recombinant DNA Technology,

Intellectual Property Rights, Bioethics & Biotechnology.

Panjab University, Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh, India

Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Biotechnology, April 2005

DIPLOMA & ADVANCED CERTIFICATES:

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India

P.G. Diploma in Patents Law, April 2007

Coursework: Patenting in India, American & European Patent Regimes,

International Treaties/ Conventions on IPR.

World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland:

"General Course on Intellectual Property" (DL-101e), March 1 to April 15,

2006.

"WIPO Summer School on Intellectual Property" held at the WIPO Worldwide

Academy, Gen ve, from July 3 to July 14, 2006.

"Advanced Course on Biotechnology and IP" (DL-204e) from June 1 to August

14, 2006.

PUBLICATION

Journal Publication

Author for "Managing Intellectual Property for Agriculture Inventions in

the University" for Journal of Intellectual Property Rights: Special Issue

on IPR and Agriculture, March 2011

Educational Report

Co-authored "Educational Report on Patent Landscape for HIV Vaccine

Development" edited by Prof. Jon Russell Cavicchi and Prof. Stanley

Kowalski for the Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture

(PIPRA).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH

Research Assistant, Worked under the guidance of Prof. Jon Russell Cavicchi

and Prof. Stanley Kowalski on "Primary Landscape Analysis of Patents

Related to HIV Vaccine Development", to populate publicly available web

based database in collaboration with the Public Intellectual Property

Resource for Agriculture.

Participant, Intellectual Property Summer Institute from May 27 to June 27,

2008. Worked on Mining Patent Information (Patent Research) under the

guidance of trainers from firms like Derwent, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, Dialog,

Perception Partners, Aureka, Delphion, GenomeQuest, MicroPatent, etc. on a

wide range of computerized search and research tools currently available

for patent searching and competitor intelligence and strategies for their

effective use.

Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Research Assistant, Worked under Prof. Rupinder Tewari, on "Cloning of DapA

gene of E. coli DH5? in a vector pQE 30," applying principles of advanced

microbiology and recombinant DNA technology. 2006-2007

Tanya Biotech, Mohali, Punjab

Trainee, Training Program on "Laboratory Techniques in Immunochemistry."

June 2006-July 2006

Wockhardt Life Sciences Ltd., Lalru, Punjab

Trainee, Trained for complete functioning of plant, with specialization in

Quality Control.

June 2004-July 2004

Projects Worked on in Intellectual Property

Under the MIP at Franklin Pierce Law Center

Patent Law: Willful Infringement

IP Research Tools: DNA Vaccines

Patent Mining: Patent iNSIGHT proTM : A powerful patent search and patent

analytics software for desktop and enterprise users.

Under the P.G. Diploma in Patents Law

Successful Technology Licensing

Indian Patenting: An Outlook

Unites States Patent Law & Practice, with Special Reference to the

Pharmaceutical & Biotech. Industry

World Intellectual Property Organization & Patent Co-operation Treaty

PRO BONO WORK: Volunteer for Orange County Chapter of Habitat for Humanity

LANGUAGES: English (Advanced), French (Intermediary), Hindi (Advanced),

Punjabi (Advanced)

INTERESTS: Horse Riding, Adventure Sports, Travelling, Painting

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