Sam Yip
**** ******* ******, ***. ***, San Francisco, CA 94103
415-***-**** *******@*******.***
Professional Qualification:
Member of the State Bar of California (No.: 264,950)
United States Registered Patent Agent (No.: 62,099)
Certificate of Business Administration, University of California at
Berkeley
Education:
Juris Doctor, University of San Francisco School of Law, 2008
Master of Applied Science (Electrical Engineering), University of Toronto,
1996
Bachelor of Applied Science with Honour standing (Electrical Engineering),
University of Toronto, 1995
Experience:
2009 - present www.atstartpatent.com, San Francisco, California
Patent Agent
Manage all business activities.
Responsible for drafting and prosecuting U.S. and worldwide patent
applications.
Provide counselling to clients on technology and IP matters.
2007 - 2009 Fliesler Meyer LLP, San Francisco, California
Patent Agent
Prosecuted over 100 U.S. and foreign patent applications.
Provided client counselling on technology and IP matters.
Clients included Oracle, SoftAd, and MailShell.
1998 - 2010 At Start LLC, San Francisco, California
Lead Consultant / Managing Partner
Manage general business activities including customer liaison, project
solicitation, contract negotiation, resource management, system
implementation, commissioning; and leading other engineering
consultants in various engineering consulting projects.
Duties included project planning, business analysis, research and
development, design and architecture, implementation, testing,
integration, and documentation of IT systems.
Projects handled include Internet security, identity management,
business-to-business transactional online marketplace, online banking,
enterprise search, and automated manufacturing systems for
telecommunication equipments.
Clients included Genentech, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Addison
Avenue Federal Credit Union, Computer Associates International, Inc.,
Commerce One, Inc., and REMEC, Inc.
1997 - 1998 FITglobal, San Jose, California
Manager, Internet Banking Services Group
Led the engineering team in research and development of the company's
next generation of Internet banking software products.
Executed successfully a number of sales and marketing initiatives
including customer product demonstrations and project proposals.
1996 - 1997 Arithmos, Inc. (acquired by STMicroelectronics), Santa
Clara, California
System Software Engineer
Designed and developed custom PC boards and laboratory instruments for
the engineering, testing and production of semiconductor flat panel
display engine products.
Languages: Proficient in Chinese
Professional Affiliation:
Member of American Bar Association
Member of American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member of Monte Jade Science and Technology Association
Member of Chinese Software Professional Association
Member of HongKong-SV.com
References:
Blanca Guerrero, former manager at Commerce One and Addison Avenue,
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Jeffrey Chiu, former manger at HP, 415-***-****, ************@*******.***