Project Manager High School

Tracy J. Cooper

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Address:

City: Portland

State: OR

Zip: 97232

Country: USA

Phone: 971-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

Experienced patent paralegal adept at collaborating with a diverse range of legal personnel including associates, partners and legal vendors; ability to negotiate major vendor contracts resulting in positive bottom line

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from University of Baltimore, Baltimore MD 1/2001 to 2/1998 (Criminal Justice/Statistics)

High School Dipolma from Anne Arundel Community College, Baltimore MD 1/2001 to 12/2012

Job History / Details:

Summary

Experienced patent paralegal adept at collaborating with a diverse range of legal personnel including associates, partners and legal vendors; ability to negotiate major vendor contracts resulting in positive bottom line

Highlights

Connected my CPA network contacts with my Nike contacts during my first month of employment at Nike; end result saved Nike quarter of million dollars in duplicative annuity payments;

During tenure at Stoel Rives, LLP negotiated and closed major contract with docketing vendor; end result saved Stoel Rives, LLP $50,000 in docketing upgrade

Experience

October 2012 to Current

Nike, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon

Patent Paralegal

Currently working as patent paralegal supporting the Innovation Technology team of inventors at Nike, Inc.

March 2003 to October 2012

Stoel Rives, LLP Portland, Oregon

Patent Paralegal

Assist attorneys in all phases and aspects of patent due diligence for corporate financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions and licensing matters

Evaluate expiration dates, filings and maintenance fees, missed payments, changes in small entity status, re-examinations, reissues or oppositions to determine status and value of patents

Prepare supporting documents based on research

Organize and prepare and manage electronic and paper transaction documents and files

Conduct research regarding the availability of all types of patents

Perform title assignment and ownership using outside searching agents

Record documents with USPTO

File US provisionals, non-provisionals and PCT applications

Proofread issued patents and prepare related documents

Prepare necessary documents and process foreign patent applications; maintain foreign filing docket

Review incoming correspondence from USPTO for docket information

Prepare documents for filing, including: Preliminary Amendments, Information Disclosure Statements, Responses to Missing Part, Assignments, Amendments, payments of Issue Fees

Handle all aspects of daily docketing; monitor docket for filing updates and deadlines, communicate same to attorneys

Project manager for docketing migration from IPManager to CPA

January 1999 to February 2002

Enron Houston, Texas

Paralegal

Transactional paralegal supporting Enron traders

Education

University of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland

Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice/Statistics

Anne Arundel Community College Arnold, Maryland

Associate of Science Paralegal Studies

ABA approved program

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