Office Sales
Resume:
MICHELE R. GILMER
*******.******@*****.***
Madison, WI
Phone: 618-***-****
53713
EDUCATION Associates in Applied Science - Paralegal Studies with Honors,
Southwestern Illinois College - 2001
. 4.0 GPA
. Honored on the Vice President's List for academic
excellence.
EXPERIENCE
02/09 - to
present Intellectual Property Paralegal - Casimir Jones, S.C.,
Middleton, WI.
. Prepare and file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
Provisional, Non-provisional, Continuation, Continuation-in-
part, Divisional and 35 U.S.C. 371 National Stage Patent
Applications, Sequence Listings, Response to Missing Parts,
Assignment documents, Amendments in response to Office
Actions, Information Disclosure Statements, Request for
Continued Examination, Notices of Appeal, Appeal Briefs,
Request to Correct Inventorship, various Petitions and
payment of Issue Fees.
. Prepare and file PCT International Patent Applications,
Responses to Invitation to Correct Defects, with the
appropriate Receiving Office, and Article 19 Amendments with
the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property
Organization.
. Research the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
to ensure all documents filed is in compliance with the
Regulations.
. Review Office Actions received from the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and Foreign Patent Offices.
. Research the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Manual of
Patent Examining Procedure (M.P.E.P.) to ensure all documents
filed are in compliance with M.P.E.P. Rules.
. Prepare, review and revise drawings to ensure they are in
compliance with the M.P.E.P. Rules.
. Compare drawings with Patent Application Specification to
ensure each element of a drawing is labeled correctly.
. Prepare and secure inventor signatures to Declaration/Power
of Attorney and Assignment documents.
. Upon receipt of the Notice of Allowance forward the Claims as
Allowed to the clients for approval to ensure they adequately
protect the integrity of the product as it is currently
envisioned.
. Prepare all documents associated with the filing and
prosecution of PCT National Stage Patent Application filings
and direct entry Patent Application filings into foreign
countries.
. Client correspondence.
. Responsible for the management of assigned attorney's U.S.
and Foreign docket.
04/01 - 01/09 Intellectual Property Paralegal - Armstrong Teasdale LLP,
St. Louis, MO.
. Prepare and file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
Provisional, Non-provisional, Continuation, Continuation-in-
part, Divisional and 35 U.S.C. 371 National Stage Patent
Applications, Sequence Listings, Response to Missing Parts,
Assignment documents, Amendments in response to Office
Actions, Information Disclosure Statements, Request for
Continued Examination, Notices of Appeal, Appeal Briefs,
Request to Correct Inventorship, various Petitions and
payment of Issue Fees.
. Review Office Actions received from the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
. Research the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Manual of
Patent Examining Procedure (M.P.E.P.) to ensure all documents
filed are in compliance with M.P.E.P. Rules.
. Prepare and file PCT International Patent Applications,
Responses to Invitation to Correct Defects, with the
appropriate Receiving Office, Requests under PCT Rule 92bis
and Article 19 Amendments with the International Bureau of
the World Intellectual Property Organization.
. Research the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
to ensure all documents filed is in compliance with the
Regulations.
. Client correspondence.
. Compare drawings with Patent Application Specification to
ensure each element of a drawing is labeled correctly.
. Prepare and secure inventor signatures to Declaration/Power
of Attorney and Assignment documents.
. Upon receipt of the Notice of Allowance forward the Claims as
Allowed to the clients for approval to ensure they adequately
protect the integrity of the product as it is currently
envisioned.
. Client correspondence.
. Responsible for the management of assigned attorney's docket.
. Docket Patent Applications and prosecution actions to a
client specific docketing program.
10/00 - 01/01 Paralegal - Internship: Environmental Divisional - St.
Clair County States Attorneys Office, Belleville, IL.
. Research and draft legal documents relevant to the
enforcement of environmental law.
. Responsible for the planning and organizing of public
awareness seminars on county-wide environmental issues.
08/88 - 11/98 Office Manager - Insurance Management Consultants -
Collinsville, IL.
. Responsible for the supervision of sales and office
personnel.
. Research and develop rate structure for an insurance program
for commercial clients.
. Responsible for planning and executing marketing strategies.
08/85 - 08/88 Marketing Assistant - Marsh Stencil and Machine Company,
Belleville, IL.
. Responsible for generating monthly advertising reports.
. Process request for product information.
. Generate remarkable sales leads to regional distributors from
successful trade shows and print advertising.
PROFFESSIONAL SKILLS
. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office EFS (Electronic Filing
System) Web
. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office PAIR (Patent Application
Information Retrieval) System
. PCT SAFE
. IP Master Patent Docketing Program
. CPI Patent Docketing Program
. Westlaw Legal Research
. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (M.P.E.P.) Research
. Delphion Patent Research
. Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
. Microsoft Word
. WordPerfect
. Microsoft Excel
. Civil and Family Law document preparation
References available upon request.
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