Management Engineer

VenkatRamaRao Adhikari

E-Mail: ********.*********@*****.***

Mobile: +91-770*******; Phone: 040-********

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

* A competent Entrepreneur with professional experience with around 10+

years' in Innovation Management & Intellectual Property Management (IPM),

Corporate Consultancy, Legal affairs related to IP and Liaison Work

* Previously as CEO & Founder Member, Adhikari Intellectual Property

Consultants P LTD

* Last employed with NCR Corporation as Patent Manager as a part of Global

Legal Team

* Expertise in providing corporate consultancy services and managing

Innovation, New Product Dev. & IPM

* Experience in conducting Technical Analysis and handling patent,

registration of design and prosecution of Trademarks / Copyright

Applications

* Deft in executing and reviewing Licensing Agreements, Joint Patent Filing

Agreements Reviews & Vetting

* Demonstrated proficiency in supporting Strategic Planning & Initiatives

in M&A, Due Diligence, Technology Strategies

* Exposure in independently executing Innovation, IP Portfolio Management (

at NCR Corporation), which included in an effective communicator with

exceptional decision making and relationship management skills

* Adept at maintaining cordial business relations with government

departments and other external agencies

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Masters in Information Technology from IIT, Roorkee in the year 2003

Bachelors in Computer Science & Engineering from Bharathiyar University,

Coimbatore in the year 2001

CAREER CONTOUR

Innovation & Intellectual Property Management

* Building competency and eco-system for Innovation, NPD & IP related

activities, by conducting seminars and workshops in-house and across NCR

divisions across India

* Enhancing Innovation & IP literacy, awareness, seminars and workshops at

R&D Division, extending to other business divisions; conducting

systematic induction through organized Training Programmes

* Developing an digital ecosystem for Innovation, IP & Knowledge Management

Repository

* Handling the Brand Protection Management.

* Enabling and handholding design group with prior art screening researches

* Evaluating process and coordinating with inventors to describe quality

invention disclosures

* Leading and providing support to IP Appreciation Committee called 'IP

Task Force'

* Developed and realized new IP value-capturing opportunities

* Initiated investigative studies to identify IP business opportunities;

defined and executed licensing programs

* Led and also participated in projects to realize the potential value of

new business cases, including negotiations with third parties.

Patent Management

* Performing end to end patenting processes of the life cycle accordingly

to multiple jurisdictions such as USPTO, EPO, JPO, SIPO, IPO majorly and

others thereof as required.

* Managing filing of patent applications both in India and abroad; around

100 plus applications / per Annum

* Obtaining information from inventors & coordinating with technical

persons for drafting patent specification.

* Reviewing and executing Intellectual Property Rights transaction

agreements such as technology transfer agreements,license agreements and

IP Audits.

Trademark, Design & Copyright Management

* Managing Trademark, Design & Copyright issues involving application

filing, prosecution and registration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Founder/MD/Chief Technology Consultant at

[pic]Adhikari Intellectual Property Consultants PVT LTD, Hyderabad

February 2008 - present

. Technology management, technology consultation, scouting, development,

evaluation and transfer of diversified technologies at every stage of

the cycle;

. Assessing and evaluating technologies, worked and managed on licensee

compliances to oversee its business strategy, market analysis, product

positioning and pricing, licensed product categories;

. Establishing innovation baseline understanding, connecting corporate

to business strategies, identifying space for innovation harvesting

opportunities;

. Built high level roadmap for strategy driven innovation, executed

methodologies for innovation assessments;

. Contributed to standards intellectual property rights (IPR) policies

in target standards setting and other industry organizations;

. Participated in IPR committees, engaged with trade associations and

other companies to influence positions;

. Managed creativity, innovation, intellectual property and idea

portfolio management for international and local clients;

. Administered all the verticals that includes technical teams,

administration, finance, HR, business development;

. Initiated innovation and identified systems for the sustainable

innovation, focused on customers and their required thinking tools,

incubated, analyzed and implemented ideas as per the requirement.

Patent Manager APAC at

[pic]NCR Corporation, Hyderabad

January 2007 - January 2008

. Contributed to the patent portfolio of NCR in the domain financial

self-service, point of sale and kiosk solutions and payments and

imaging solutions in patent preparation and prosecution as well as

investigated licensing opportunities;

. Guided several research projects and built a strategic patent

portfolio and studied risk assessment for the financial self-service

business;

. Evaluated internally developed technology for patentability and

developed and maintained a keen understanding of technologies relevant

to NCR products;

. Developed strategy to increase the number of patents thereby being

filed at NCR units;

. Evaluated patent claims jointly with the respective subject matter

experts and also understood the technical aspects of an invention

disclosure and its application to commercial products, communicating

to both non-technical and technical audience;

. Prepared and supervised in novelty assessment, claims mapping, FTO

analysis, landscapes, infringement analysis, technical support for

litigation based activities, patent applications, preparing responses

to office actions and developing special expertise in one or more

specific areas of technologies and provide counseling on IPR issues to

scientists conducting research in those areas.

. Patent analysis/due diligence for portfolio valuation and

acquisitions, strategic patent prosecution (continuation mining,

targeted claim drafting), dealing with outside counsel regarding

ongoing patent prosecution, claim chart development to support

licensing efforts, IP analysis, generating intelligence reports,

opinion work, infringement & validity analysis and licensing support,

business- transactions, including technology transfer and due

diligence, litigation and disputed matters;

. Drove innovations by tracking on-going projects, developed and

executed strategy for intellectual property matters.

. Educated and trained engineers in patents and other intellectual

property requirements.

. Identified innovative assessment strategies and frameworks and built

patent portfolio development and recommended acquisitions.

. Initiated analyses to assess patent portfolio growth initiatives and

opportunities in support of business objectives.

. Participated in negotiations with internal clients thereby ensuring

proper patent portfolio development.

. Collaborated on the identification and prioritized strategic patent

growth opportunities.

. Facilitated for the development of strategic alliances within the

context of achieving freedom of action for the business.

Senior Patent Specialist at

[pic]Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore

November 2005 - December 2006

. Supported and contributed to the expansion of Infosys patent

portfolio:

. Worked on the day-to-day patent portfolio development activities

therein includes discussing and drafting new and existing inventions

with inventors.

. Reviewed invention disclosures with lab engineers or developers,

advised inventors on the suitability of ideas for patenting, prior art

and patentability searches, advised Infosys on the selection of

inventions for patenting.

. Drafted and reviewed patent specifications and patent offices'

communications.

. Involved in patent mining activities of Infosys patent portfolio:

. Worked closely with developers and conducted patentability searches

for invention disclosures.

. Developed patent and technology landscapes,

. Identified "white spaces", developed technology roadmaps,

. Assessed competitive position and performed various types of

intellectual property analysis.

Patent Engineer at

[pic]Remfry & Sagar LLP

April 2005 - October 2005

. Prepared patent applications and prior art searches.

. Drafted patent applications for international clients in the field of

Hardware, Software, communications domains.

. Prosecuted of patent applications at the Indian Patent Office.

. Been responsible for oral proceedings before the Indian Patent Office

and defended patent applications during the examination procedure.

. Been responsible for appeals against decisions and refused national

phase filing patent applications. Been responsible for opposition

against an Indian patent Offices.

Examiner of Patents & Designs at

[pic]Indian Patent Office, Chennai

April 2003 - March 2005

. Examination of applications for patents: patentability of inventions,

ascertaining sufficiency of description of invention, novelty search

and other technical requirement and classification of applications for

patents in accordance with Indian and International Systems.

. Assessed patent applications thereby granted to inventors: giving them

the right to stop others using, selling or making their inventions;

part of the process involves ascertaining whether an invention is

original; searches are carried out using both Indian and foreign

patent specifications, technical literature and databases.

. Prepared reports and gave the results of the search to the applicants

or, more usually, patent agents/attorneys, whereby decides whether to

proceed to the further stages of the application;

. Conducted a substantive examination, including a detailed examination

of the description and the claims (extent of the monopoly sought).

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

Diploma in Computer Engineering from Technical Board of Tamilnadu -

Government, SNGIT Polytechnic, Coimbatore in the year 1997

Honours Diploma in Software Engineering from Aptech Computer Education

Coimbatore in the year 1999

Hardware & Network Engineer from Access Centre for Networking, Coimbatore

in the year 1997

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 04 June 1977

Marital Status : Married

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