Ayan AfridI *** Edison Glen Terrace, Edison, NJ **837 (848) 248-
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BAR MEMBERSHIPS
New Jersey (2008), USPTO (2008), New York (2010)
EDUCATION
Rutgers School of Law-Newark Newark, New Jersey JD, Part-
Time Evening Program, October 2007
Activities: Jessup Moot Court; Intellectual Property Law Society; SBA;
Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey
BS, Computer and Electrical Engineering, May 2002
New York University New York, New York, BS/BE
Candidate, September 1998 - December 2000
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
AFRIDI LAW, New Jersey
Attorney, June 2009 - Present
Represented clients in filing and prosecuting provisional and non-
provisional patent application. Represented clients in trademark
registration, actions, and advised clients as to trademark strategies.
Drafted licensing agreements and Terms of Service for several businesses
including technology and IP licensing. Wrote patent opinion letters and
consulted with clients regarding IP strategies for their businesses.
SUGHRUE MION, PLLC, Washington, DC
Attorney, August 2008-June 2009
Focused on a wide range of Intellectual Property matters including the
prosecution of patent applications for computer, electrical/electronic
circuits and software technologies as well as patent infringement
litigation support. Gained experience in filing responses to non-
final/final Office Actions, requests for continued examinations (RCEs), pre-
appeals and appeals to the BPAI, and conducted telephonic interviews with
Patent Examiners. Provided litigation support in the form of document
review, analysis and infringement opinion work. Heavily involved in
writing patent applications from scratch, interfacing with
inventors/clients to draft broad claims and the background/detailed
description sections appropriately.
INDUSTRY WORK EXPERIENCE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, New York, New York Senior Analyst,
December 2009 - Present
Conducting business development for varying lines of business; Integrating
with ICC enterprise tier technologies; Involved in external data collection
for financial institutions and managing said data. Performing analysis of
metric requirements for financial institutions as well as reporting
requirements.
JP MORGAN CHASE, New York, New York
Senior Developer, July 2006 - July 2008
Architecting and developing software for the Private Banking sector of JP
Morgan Chase Asset and Wealth Management; Assisted in the development of
business requirements writing policy and guidelines. Responsible for the
development of tools used to access a system of record data-mart,
interfacing with other upstream systems, and providing for the flow of data
downstream and to direct clients of JP Morgan; Coordinating development
resources;
METLIFE, Jersey City, New Jersey Systems
Developer, December 2004 - July 2006
Core member of the Development team, coordinating the design, development,
implementation, testing, and integration of Messaging Software geared
toward the end-user based on MetLife's new policy of user-centric
interfaces; Gathered requirements, drafted documents, and assisted Business
Analysis of the software to be implemented, and made decisions on features,
and architecture of software; Developed core client information file
database and web software, validation software, and data integrity cleanup
software;
INTEG CONSULTING, Newark, New Jersey Software
Developer, Aug 00-May 01, May 03 - Dec. 04
Developed business and architectural requirements for Energy Bidding,
Monitoring and Auditing applications, and built custom software. Designed
and developed Docket/Case data repository for PSE&G legal department.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
American Bar Association, AIPLA, NYIPLA, NJ Bar Association;