Mechanical Engineering

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April 30, 2010

MICHAEL JENNINGS

Falls Church, Virginia 22042

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Global IP Counselors, LLP

Washington, DC

Associate Attorney April 2008- May 2009

Prosecuted Applications in the mechanical arts applying the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure

(MPEP) as well as Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Title 35 of the United States

Code. Filed responses that included Amendments, Request for Reconsiderations, and Restrictions.

Completed divisional applications including editing specifications and drafting claims. Prepared Client

Correspondence including advising clients concerning patentability and claim amendments.

Harness, Dickey, and Pierce, PLC

Reston, Virginia

Associate Attorney June 2007-April 2008

Prosecuted Applications in the mechanical, electrical, and chemical arts applying the Manual of Patent

Examining Procedure as well as Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Title 35 of the

United States Code. Filed proposed responses that included Amendments, Request for Reconsiderations,

and Restrictions. Revised Foreign Applications including revising specifications and claim drafting.

Prepared Client Correspondence including submitting proposed responses and reporting status of

pending applications.

EDUCATION

JURIS DOCTOR

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan (May 2006)

Recipient of Book Award for Jurisprudence Spring Semester 2005

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, Mechanical Engineering,

Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi (May 2002)

Internship with the Industrial Assessment Center 2001-2002

Recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship

TRAINING

AIPLA Boot Camp: Practical Patent Prosecution Training For New Lawyers

Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, VA August 2007 and August 2008

CERTIFICATIONS

Michigan State Bar, 2006

United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2009 Reg. No. 64,155