Electrical Mechanical
Resume:
A. Wesley Ferrebee
***********@*****.*** **** Columbia Road NW
Unit No. 107
Washington, DC 20009
(cell)
Profile
Registered patent attorney skilled in preparing and prosecuting patent
applications and managing patent portfolios. Expertise includes acquiring
patents and defending patent rights for cutting edge technology firms.
Innovative and diligent with a diverse knowledge of computer, electrical,
software, communication, and business method technologies.
Experience
Independent Consultant and Contract Attorney 04/2009 - Present
. Counseling a non-profit organization in trademark and copyright law.
. Performing document review on a contract basis using Concordance and
Relativity, including ITC patent litigation. Performing substantive,
privilege and quality control review.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Washington, DC 02/2008 - 03/2009
Associate (supervising partner left the firm)
. Prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the computer, software,
electrical, business method, and mechanical arts, attaining numerous
patent grants for clients.
. Conducted in-person interviews with patent examiners.
. Interviewed inventors and coordinated invention disclosure
conferences.
. Counseled clients on non-infringement and design-around issues.
. Participated in client development sales calls.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC 04/2007 - 01/2008
Associate
. Supported large-scale litigation by performing pre-litigation due
diligence examinations.
. Prepared preliminary infringement contentions and claim charts.
. Prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the computer, software,
electrical, business method, and mechanical arts.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC 07/2005 - 04/2007
Associate (left firm with practice group to move to Akin Gump))
. Prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the computer, software,
electrical, business method, and mechanical arts, attaining numerous
patent grants for clients..
. Managed foreign prosecution dockets and foreign agents.
. Drafted appeal briefs before the BPAI.
. Conducted in-person interviews with patent examiners.
. Counseled clients on patent portfolio development and design-around
issues.
. Drafted non-infringement and product-clearance opinions; assisted
client in cross-licensing negotiations.
. Provided analysis for and drafted significant portions of Markman
briefs and summary judgment motions.
Leydig Voit & Mayer, Washington, DC 01/2002 - 07/2005
Associate, 2003 - 2005, Patent Agent 2002 - 2003
. Prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the computer, software,
electrical, business method, and mechanical arts, attaining numerous
patent grants for clients.; drafted letters of opinion.
. Performed patentability, validity, and infringement searches;
organized client's patent portfolio; performed legal research.
. Worked 20 hours/week as a law clerk during school, Summer Associate in
2002.
Law Offices of Larry Laubscher, Arlington, VA 10/2000 -
12/2001
Legal Intern
. Worked 15-20 hours/week as a day student; full time during the summer.
. Performed patentability, validity, infringement, and assignment
searches.
. Became proficient in the Examiner Assisted Search Tool of the USPTO.
Education
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA
. Juris Doctor, May 2003 - Intellectual Property Law Track
. Member of the Intellectual Property Law Society
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
School of Engineering and Applied Science
. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, May 2000
. Minor in Electrical Engineering
Admissions and Associations
. Virginia, 2003
. District of Columbia, 2004
. United States Patent and Trademark Office
. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
. Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
Sample Specifications Authored
. U.S. Patent No. 7,546,357
. U.S. Patent No. 7,391,725
. U.S. Patent No. 7,336,623
. U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0072050
. U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0052676
. U.S. Patent Publication No.2008/0052675
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