Management Legal Assistant

CHRISTINE ANN SANTELLI

**** ******* ****

Johns Creek, GA 30097

609-***-**** (cellular)

SKILLS: Microsoft Office Suite, Peachtree Accounting; Flextrac (CTS) IP Docketing System; CPA, CPi, TABS III; Lotus Notes; Dennemeyer IP; CPA Memotech; EDM Shareware; Prolaw; Courtlink; LexisNexis; WordPerfect

EDUCATION: Taylor Business Institute, Manasquan, New Jersey 1985

Certified Paralegal/Legal Assistant

Montgomery Community College, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

1988 - 1990

Major: Business Administration

EXPERIENCE:

April 2014

to present NCR Corporation

Duluth, GA 30096

Sr. Intellectual Property Paralegal

Responsibilities include conducting, reviewing and advising of results of trademark searches via Saegis®; Prepare and filing trademark applications and renewals with the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Management of annuities and payments relating to annuities; Managing billings from outside IP counsel; IP docketing and reporting using CPi®; Responsible for auditing function of data contained and entered into CPi®; Support and management of IP litigation including budgeting and outlooking; Coordination of document collection and management of forensic collection of documents for company intellectual property litigation; Drafting of responses to pleadings, such as subpoenas, third-party indemnification actions, etc.

June 2012 CibaVision/Alcon/a Novartis Company

To April 2014 Johns Creek, GA 30097

Sr. Legal Assistant

Coordinate and file patent applications worldwide and complete formalities without loss of patent or priority rights; Perform all aspects of the U.S. portfolio paralegal and administrative tasks; Coordinate and initiate all foreign national entries with CIBA’s filing agents independently and in a timely and succinct manner ; Provide ongoing support to global Patent attorneys and agents regarding processes, guidelines, services and the fulfillment of formal and legal filing requirements; Organize and ensure the transactional workload, including assignments and changes of ownership of CIBA’s or third party patent portfolios; Manage the worldwide correspondence and management of the data changes for CIP Department’s patent database (CPA Memotech); Coordinate the payment of worldwide annuity fees through third party service; Coordinate quarterly Intellectual Property Steering Committee meetings (prepare and circulate agenda; Take, write up and circulate minutes; and implement decisions with third party(ies), agents and CPA Memotech; Obtain worldwide patent portfolio information on competitors and third parties; Maintain worldwide watch service on competitors and third parties; Provide input and assist with the evaluation and procurement of the most recent IT application technologies which support the filing processes; Contribute to the management of the Law Engine program of CPA Memotech up-to-date to ensure that all system functionalities are in line with the worldwide legal requirements ; Undertake complex IP data management in CPA Memotech and contribute to the defining of guidelines and rules; Detect and communicate data inconsistencies according to set guidelines and rules, analyze and report findings and proposal for solution to supervisor; Perform patent family research projects to assist Department Head in possible acquisitions or other types of joint venture opportunities; Established EP alert mechanism to competitor’s published EP applications for opposition review; Facilitated the migration from current electronic document filing system to warehousing EDM system; Training on same to department personnel.

June, 2007

to June 2012 Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC

Charleston, South Carolina

Director, Intellectual Property Administration

Supervisory position to one legal assistant, reporting directly to Managing Partner and Of Counsel. Solely responsible for the management of a robust intellectual property docket; Preparation and filing of patent applications, both foreign and domestic; Preparation and prosecution of all trademark applications, domestic and foreign. Trademark Trial and Appeal; Copyright; United States District Court litigation; Corporate formations; General administration of practice.

Innophos, Inc.

Cranbury, New Jersey

Senior Paralegal – Intellectual Property

Responsible for contract management, docketing and portfolio management of company’s entire Intellectual Property portfolio; All paralegal duties associated with the company’s intellectual property portfolio including searching, filing, prosecution and maintenance of all company trademarks, both domestic and foreign;,Filing, prosecution and maintenance of all company patents, both domestic and foreign.

January, 2006

to October 2007 Innophos, Inc.

Cranbury, New Jersey

Senior Paralegal

In-house corporate and intellectual property paralegal reporting to Vice President and General Counsel. Responsibilities included prosecution, maintenance and docket management for all U.S. and foreign trademarks for the company, in addition to all patent docketing. Trademark searches and clearances; Worked closely with outside patent counsel and R&D in connection with Company’s robust patent portfolio. Budgetary duties included developing annual budget for ongoing and prospected IP matters, monitoring and analyzing all monthly IP related outside counsel fees and costs, allocation to proper product lines and business groups. Corporate governance paralegal duties included annual report filings for subsidiaries, minutes and resolution drafting, and corporate record book maintenance. Reviewed, managed and negotiated Confidentiality Agreements on behalf of the Company; general Contract management and drafting; Identified and implemented company-wide contract warehousing procedure and program. Lead Legal liaison in creating an E-due diligence room for IPO; SEC filings and management with the Security and Exchange Commissions on behalf of company.

December, 2003

to January, 2006 Novartis Corporation

Corporate Intellectual Property Department at

Sandoz Inc., Princeton, New Jersey

Senior Paralegal

In-house paralegal with the generics division of Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reporting directly to the Vice President and General Counsel. Responsibilities included the gathering and organizing of competitive intelligence regarding products in development and in the company’s portfolio. Paralegal duties in support of the Development Group of the Corporate Intellectual Property Department of Novartis Corporation including ordering file history, file maintenance and organizing of monthly patent meetings. U.S. patent prosecution duties for generic portfolio. Publish and disseminate a bi-weekly competitive intelligence report distributed intra-company. Functioned as a liaison between the Legal Department and the Patent Department supporting the Novartis Patent Department in ongoing Hatch Waxman litigation and innovator notice requirements. Created, populated and maintain ongoing statistical database and document warehousing program of industry patent litigation. Worked cross-functionally with R&D, Regulatory, and Strategic Portfolio departments with regard to all ongoing Hatch Waxman litigation. Solely responsible for facilitating company responses to ongoing litigation requests, organizing and facilitating outside counsel in all document production for the Company with regard to all pending patent infringement, product liability and governmental investigative matters. Product liability landscape research and general legal research functions. Monitor, retrieve and disseminate summaries of Citizen Petitions affecting company products in development and in the master portfolio. Agreement review and drafting, and all other general corporate paralegal functions.

March, 2003

to August, 2003 Pilot Therapeutics, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina

Corporate Paralegal

In-house Paralegal responsible for all case management and document maintenance of company’s intellectual property portfolio. Portfolio included U.S. and foreign patents, trademarks and several major licenses. Reviewed and prepared agreement summaries and schedules for license agreement compliance. Responsibilities also included all corporate file maintenance and control. Direct report to Vice President, Research and Development and President and CEO. Additional duties included accounts payable and receivable.

January, 2003 to

March, 2003 Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley, LLC, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Paralegal

Paralegal to Partner and associate specializing in worker’s compensation defense.

November, 1992 to

December, 2002 Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina

Intellectual Property Paralegal

Paralegal to Member of the firm specializing in intellectual property. The practice included patent and trademark prosecution through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as intellectual property civil litigation for both corporate and individual clients, corporate formations, acquisitions and business asset transactions. Responsibilities included generating, filing, and case management of all patent and trademark cases; preparation, filing, and case management of all PCT applications and foreign patent and trademark applications; drafting and filing of copyright applications; preparation and filing of corporate and limited liability company charters and corporate governance; Asset searches and preparation of all documentation necessary to transfer business assets from one entity to another from contract to breaking of escrow. Evaluated and instituted an intellectual property case management system, and handled all docketing responsibilities for the practice. Interviewed and trained legal assistants for the practice. Worked autonomously to facilitate an extremely heavy caseload with little to no supervision, in additional to heavy client contact and relations.

Positions prior to 1992 available upon request

HOBBIES

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ASSOCIATIONS Vocalist; former Member of Charleston Symphony Chorus and Charleston Symphony Chorus Gospel Choir; former member of Ann Caldwell’s Magnolia Singers

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