Engineer Medical Device

Mimi (Maymanat) Afshar

***** ***** ******* ****, ****** Center, CA 92082

858-***-****; ablzsw@r.postjobfree.com

BAR ADMISSIONS

California State Bar (BAR # 270290) Jun. 2010

US Patent & Trademark Office (Reg. No. 50,489) Feb. 2002

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pfizer Inc, Intern, San Diego, CA Jun. 2008 - Apr. 2009

Prepared responses to US and Foreign Patent Office rejections

Assisted attorneys with due diligence analyses

Conducted worldwide searches for relevant third party and prior art

documents

NuVasive, Inc., Intern, San Diego, CA Jan. - May 2008

Drafted and filed utility and design patent applications for medical

devices

Interacted with inventors and researched pertinent patent law

Cermak & Kenealy LLP, Patent Drafting Contractor, Alexandria, VA Jun.

2003 - 2005

Drafted patent applications for mechanical/electrical inventions

Shanks & Herbert, Registered Patent Agent, San Diego, CA Jul. 2000 - Jan.

2003

Prepared pharmaceutical patent applications: formulations, small molecules,

organic chemistry,

syntheses and processes, and medical device applications (e.g.,

incontinence and surgical devices)

Prosecuted both U.S. and foreign patent applications

Reviewed and analyzed prior art for inclusion in opinion letters

Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Development Engineer, Baltimore, MD Jan. -

Jul. 2000

Performed biopolymer synthesis, scale-up and process optimization

Conducted technology transfer training sessions before manufacturing

group

ALZA Corporation, Chemical Engineer II, Mountain View, CA Apr. 1995 -

May 1999

Granulated OROS( formulations on fluid bed granulator (research to

commercial scale)

Spray-coated compressed OROS( tablets using coaters (research to commercial

scale)

EDUCATION

Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA

Juris Doctor Summa Cum Laude Dec. 2009

Class Rank 4/76

Awards Witkin Awards, Jefferson Medals, and CALI Awards for

highest grade in class:

Civil Procedure II; Constitutional Law I; Evidence

Other 4.0 Grades Contracts I; Business Associations; Remedies;

Professional Responsibility

Honors Dean's Distinguished Honors List

Honors - Mediation Skills Training

Honors - Directed Study Paper

University of California, San Diego, CA

Candidate, Masters Degree in Advanced Studies, Clinical Research

Attended Jun. 2005 - Mar. 2007

University of California, Berkeley, CA

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering Dec. 1990

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