Engineer Electrical

NEIL D. MILES

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Profession Member in Good Standing of North Carolina State Bar since August

al 2005.

Credential U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Registration No. 53,327.

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Education NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY Durham, NC

Juris Doctor (Evening Program) May 2005

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY Potsdam, NY

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer May 1985

Engineering

Legal and Hire Counsel Washington, D.C.

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Experience

Contract Attorney June 2010

Reviewed documents for responsive and privelege in a pharmaceutical

patent case. Redacted non-responsive, business critical data.

Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C. Alexandria, VA

October 2008 - March

2010

Associate Attorney

Execute all phases of patent prosecution in electrical and

mechanical areas including: LCD technology, semiconductor devices,

image processing, distributed processing, wired and wireless

networks, multi-media systems, data and transaction security,

electrical and optical data storage, plasma processing apparatuses,

and nanofibers.

Prepare responses to USPTO Office Actions.

Conduct in-person and telephonic interviews with Patent Examiners.

Advise clients regarding responses to USPTO Office Actions.

Personally advise and discuss options with small entity inventors.

Draft material for patent applications.

Perform final, pre-issue file review.

U. S. Patent and Trademark Office Alexandria, VA

Patent Examiner - Technology Center 2100 August 2007 - September

2008

Reviewed new and amended patent applications for 35 U.S.C.

compliance and patentability.

Class 714: Detection, reporting, and recovery of errors and faults

in digital systems.

Searched USPTO and external databases for relevant prior art.

Prepared and issued USPTO Office Actions in compliance with USPTO

directives.

Research Triangle Institute Research Triangle Park, NC

In-House IP Counsel May 2004 - July 2007

Managed IP portfolio of electrical, mechanical, and materials

research organizations.

Authorized/reviewed prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent

applications by outside counsel.

Drafted and negotiated IP terms of MOUs, NDAs, joint development

agreements, sponsored research agreements, and licensing

agreements.

Researched and interpreted IP law. Assisted with IP audit during

corporate spin-off.

Maintained corporate compliance with Bayh-Dole Act under U.S.

government grants and contracts. Instructed management and

scientists on FAR requirements.

Searched prior art related to disclosed inventions to assess

patentability and value potential.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Research Triangle

Park, NC

Legal Assistant October 2002 - April

2004

Reviewed documents for responsiveness to discovery orders. Redacted

confidential data.

Technical Magma Design Automation Research Triangle Park, NC

Experience

Field Applications Engineer 2000 - 2001

Technical support of IC designers using Magma design automation

software.

Presented technical product details to potential customers in

support of Field Sales Team.

IBM Corporation - Power PC Embedded Research Triangle

Processor Solutions Park, NC

1996 - 2000

Logic Design and Verification Engineer

Designed and upgraded digital hardware functions and interfaces in

Power PC processors.

Developed and executed functional verification plans.

Applied random test pattern methodology.

Managed schedules, resources, and technical issues among

collaborating design organizations.

Analyzed timing of logic models and synthesized designs into

circuits prior to manufacturing.

Co-inventor U.S. Pat. No. 6347294, Upgradeable highly integrated

embedded CPU system.

Advanced Micro Devices Corporation - Processor Austin, TX

Development 1995

Development Engineer

Created Tcl/Tk Graphical User Interface and algorithms to assess

performance of K5 (Pentium equivalent) processor design models.

IBM Corporation - PCI Chipset Development Burlington, VT

Logic Design and Verification Engineer 1993 - 1994

Developed functional verification methodologies including

simulation, emulation, and modeling.

Performed verification testing of X86 memory controller and PCI

interfaces.

Cooperated with manufacturing and physical analysis groups to

identify reliability issues.

IBM Corporation - Processor Development Endicott, NY

1985 - 1993

Logic Design and Verification Engineer

Developed and tested I/O channel adaptor data flow, control, and

processor interface logic.

Debugged and tested Bi-Sync telecommunication protocol microcode in

IBM 9370 processors.

Designed hardware timers, interrupt structures and internal bus

interface controls in IBM 370 CPUs.

Personal Hiking, Backpacking, Woodworking, Bicycling, and Skiing

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