Management Medical Device

WENDELL RAY GUFFEY

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Swansea, Illinois 62226

314-***-**** . ********@*****.***

BAR MEMBERSHIPS - Virginia; Indiana; Illinois; (Oklahoma), Texas, and the

United States Patent and Trademark Office

EDUCATION

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Terre Haute, IN

M.S. Life Sciences/Molecular Biology - 1/88-5/92

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Highland Heights, KY

Juris Doctorate - 9/81-5/84

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, KY

M.S. Chemistry - 8/76-8/78

B.S. Chemistry - 8/73-8/76

USAF KESSLER ELECTRONICS TRAINING CENTER

Basic Electronics/Computer Technology - 4/70-4/71

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NESTL PURINA GLOBAL RECOURSES, INC., St. Louis MO 12/06 - Present

Intellectual Property Counsel

. Intellectual property attorney focusing in the nutrigenomics, nutrition,

and chemical patent areas, including patents related to genomics,

nutrition, foods, packaging, litter, and business methods used to develop

and support companion animal food products.

. Responsible for all intellectual property related services, including

patents, licensing, contracts, copyrights, trade secrets, and technology

transfer related issues.

. Significant experience in patent opinion work and for support for

business development contracts.

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, Topeka, KS 3/05 - 12/06

Associate Patent Counsel - Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.

. Intellectual property attorney focusing in the nutrigenomics, nutrition,

and chemical patent areas, including patents related to genomics,

nutrition, foods, and business methods used to develop and support

companion animal food products.

. Responsible for all intellectual property related services, including

patents, licensing, contracts, copyrights, trade secrets, and technology

transfer related issues.

. Significant experience in due diligence, patent opinion work, and for

support for business development contracts.

TANOX, INC., Houston, TX 3/02 - 1/05

Vice President of Intellectual Property

. Intellectual property attorney focusing in the pharmaceutical and

biotechnology patent areas, including patents related to genes, proteins,

and antibodies used as drugs to combat HIV infections and allergies.

. Responsible for all intellectual property related services, including

patents, licensing, contracts, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, and

technology transfer related issues. Supervise one attorney.

. Significant experience in due diligence, patent opinion work, and for

support of all business development contracts.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Evansville, IN 2/00 - 1/02

Patent Counsel - Mead Johnson & Company

. Intellectual property attorney focusing in the nutraceutical,

pharmaceutical, and chemical patent areas.

. Responsible as the sole IP attorney at Mead Johnson for all intellectual

property related services, including patents, licensing, contracts,

copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, and technology transfer related

issues.

. Significant experience in transactional and business development areas.

MCAFEE & TAFT, Oklahoma City, OK 3/99 - 2/00

Intellectual Property Attorney

. Intellectual property attorney focusing in the biotechnology and chemical

patent area but also providing a broad range of intellectual property

related services, including copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, and

technology transfer related services to firm clients.

MALLINCKRODT INC., St. Louis, MO 12/85 - 2/99

Associate General Counsel

. Responsible for all aspects of intellectual property for the Company's

imaging, pharmaceutical, chemical, medical device, and respiratory care

divisions and for management of the intellectual property department,

including supervision of two patent attorneys, two paralegals and three

support staff.

. Previously division patent counsel for Mallinckrodt Veterinary, Inc.

(Pitman-Moore, Inc.) with responsibility for patents, trademarks,

licensing, technical contracts, copyrights, trade secrets, litigation

management, and some general legal areas relating to the field of animal

health.

. International responsibility for a portfolio of 6000 trademarks and 800

patents.

. Responsible for drafting and prosecuting patent and trademark

applications and for providing patentability, infringement, and validity

opinions.

. Duties included working closely with senior management to develop IP and

licensing strategies and negotiating contractual provisions to implement

those strategies.

. Responsible for drafting or reviewing all technology related contracts,

including contracts relating to trademark, patent, and technology

acquisitions and licensing.

. Initial legal responsibility for environmental, regulatory, human

resource, and general legal issues and the management of outside counsel

for complex issues in those areas.

U.S. NAVY, Washington, DC 5/84 - 12/85

Patent Attorney

. Responsible for preparation and prosecution of chemical and electrical

patent applications related to research at the Naval Research Laboratory

in Washington D.C. and for associated government contracts. Top Secret

Security Clearance.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Highland Heights, KY 9/81 - 5/84

Chemistry Instructor (While in Law School)

. Responsible for the supervision of laboratory experiments in the

Department of Chemistry.

SUE BENNETT COLLEGE, London, KY 9/80 - 9/81

College Instructor

. Full-time instructor teaching chemistry, physics, and math.

STANDARD LABORATORIES, Corbin, KY 8/79 - 9/80

Laboratory Manager/Analytical Chemist

. Responsible for chemical analysis of coal, water, and soil for the mining

industry.

COMMONWEALTH TECHNOLOGY, Lexington, KY 1/79 - 8/79

Environmental Chemist

. Responsible for the chemical analysis of pollution producing elements in

soil, water, and sewage.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, KY 8/76 - 8/78

Graduate Teaching Assistant

. Responsible for the supervision of laboratory experiments in the

Department of Chemistry.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, Malmstrom A.F.B., Great Falls, MT 3/71 - 8/73

Computer Repairman/Electronics Technician

. Responsible for the maintenance of computers associated with the

Minuteman Missile Complex.

MILITARY SERVICE

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1/70 - 8/73

Electronics Technician/Computer Repairman

. Honorable Discharge. Top Secret Security Clearance.

MISCELLANEOUS

. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT, Admitted November

1, 1988

. Past Member - NORTHERN KENTUCKY LAW REVIEW

. Present or Past Member, Board of Advisors for the publication entitled

"Intellectual Property Counselor," Virginia State Bar Association,

Indiana State Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American

Intellectual Property Law Association, American Bar Association,

Licensing Executives Society, and International Trademark Association.

. Served on the Board of Directors for the Arthritis Foundation in Terre

Haute, Indiana

. Publications

. "Remedies for Hazardous Waste Injuries," 11 N. Ky. L. Rev. 435 (1984)

. "Statutory Invention Registration: Defensive Patentability," 16 Golden

Gate Univ. L. Rev. 291 (1986)

. "European Community Trademarks - A New Opportunity for U.S. Companies,"

The Law Works, Volume 2, No. 10, Page 20 (October, 1995)

. "International Trademark Guide," International Quarterly, Volume 8, No.

3, Page 385 (July 1996)

. "Preserving Secrecy in Agreements," les Nouvelles, Journal of the

Licensing Executives Society, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, Page 105 (September

1996)

. "Intellectual Property Management - Technical Publications," Corporate

Counsel's Quarterly, Volume 12, No. 4, Page 87 (October 1996)

. "How to Use Invention Disclosure Forms," The Practical Lawyer, Vol. 42,

No. 8 (December 1996)

. "How to Obtain a Patent - Quickly," Intellectual Property Counselor,

Vol. 10, Page 2 (October 1997)

. "Joint Ownership of Patents: A Trap for the Unwary," Intellectual

Property Counselor, Vol. 20, Page 2 (August 1998)

. "Using Trademark Databases for Competitive Intelligence," Corporate

Counsel's Quarterly, Volume 16, No. 3, Page 76 (July 2000)

. "Patent Application Processing Systems - First-to-Invent versus First-

to-File," Intellectual Property Counselor, Vol. 50, Page 2 (February

2001)

. "New Patent Law Facilitates Cooperative Research," Intellectual

Property Counselor, Vol. 103, Page 2 (July 2005)

. Awards - First place award, Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition for a

paper entitled "Patent and Copyright Protection for Computer Software."

OTHER TRAINING

Leadership and Management

. Management Development Institute, Eckerd College, Orlando, FL, a course

in leadership, management and teamwork development training

. College of Lake County, Lake County IL, a course entitled "Front-line

Leadership" that taught leadership using the Zenger Miller Model

. Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, IL, a course in

"Time Management and Organization"

. Time Design Company, Agawam, MA, a course in time and document management

. Wilson Learning Corporation, Cincinnati, OH, a course in "Social

Profiles" and their use

. Ivy Tech, Indiana's Technical College, Terre Haute, IN, a satellite

course entitled "Successful Practices and Principles of Quality

Management"

Legal

Corporate Law

. Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Continuing Legal Education

Course entitled "Corporate Counsel Forum"

. Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Continuing Legal Education

Course entitled "Practicing Law in Cyberspace 2001"

. Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Continuing Legal Education

Course entitled "Immigration Law"

Environmental Law

. The Cambridge Institute, Vienna, VA, Continuing Legal Education Course

entitled "Environmental Law in Indiana"

. Executive Enterprises, Inc., a course entitled "Environmental

Regulation Course" (1994)

. Executive Enterprises, Inc., a course entitled "Environmental

Regulation Course" (1995)

Personnel Law

. Federal Publications Inc., Chicago, Illinois, a course entitled

"Personnel and Employment Law in Illinois"

. National Safety Counsel, Chicago, Illinois, a course entitled "Joint

Safety and Health Committee Training Course"

. Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Continuing Legal Education

Course entitled "Hire, Fire, Mire?"

Intellectual Property Law

. Attendee: Numerous CLE courses related to patent, trademark, and

technology law.

. Presenter: "Intellectual Property Law for the General Practitioner"

to the American Corporate Counsel Association, St. Louis Chapter, on

June 24, 1997; and "Biotechnology Patent Issues" to the Oklahoma Bar

Association, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section, on June 12, 1999

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