Software Medical
Resume:
Mike Fisher
Rockwell, NC ****8
************@*****.***
Summary
Highly experienced and strongly motivated self-starter. Extremely
skilled and efficient hard working team player. Thrive equally well in
both legal and technical environments, and adapts quickly to new
environments and changes. Excellent research, writing, and presentation
skills. Adept at working with engineers to ferret out patentable
inventions and significant trade secrets.
Experience
FPG Inc. - Hickory, NC
Patent Attorney, 2006-Present
. Started a General Electric preferred provider law firm. Prepare,
file, and prosecute patent applications in front of the USPTO and
abroad (e.g., EPO and JPO) for large corporations as well as for
private individuals, small businesses, and Universities.
. Draft appeal briefs and pre-appeal briefs, prepare patent and
trademark search requests and infringement opinions, draft and
review license agreements, and software development agreements,
etc. Prepare search report results analyses. Draft validity, non-
validity, and freedom to operate opinions.
. Technical areas include semi-conductor electronic devices such as
RF communication devices, VLSI, memory chips, telephony, energy
detector circuits, computer software, computer hardware,
appliances, medical devices, water delivery devices, motors,
transmissions, sensors, appliances, and other electro/mechanical
semi-conductor devices. Software experience includes medical
imaging including Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and mixed modality
applications. Software experience also includes advanced
mathematic applications involving weighting functions, kernel
transforms and encryption algorithms.
. Areas of expertise further include software design, wireless
technologies, networking, industrial control, sub-chip level
design, signal processing, web-based inventions, user interfaces,
communications protocols, software APIs and hardware interfaces,
and analog and digital circuit design.
Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, NC
Patent Attorney, 2005-2006
. Co-Managed the Hardware and Equipment patent and trademark
portfolio.
. Prepared applications and related prosecution. Infringement
analysis and related opinions. Licensing investigations.
Acquisition analysis. Managed Outside Counsel both foreign and
domestic with respect to patent prosecution and international
litigation. Appellate practice.
Armstrong Teasdale LLP - St. Louis, Missouri
Patent Attorney, 2000-2005
. Managed several large clients and reviewed work of junior
practitioners to ensure a high quality efficient workflow to meet or
exceed client's expectations. Infringement analysis and related
opinions. Licensing investigations and due diligence. Managed
Clients' patent portfolios and conducted invention mining sessions.
Education
University of Missouri - St. Louis, Missouri
BS Physics, BS Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, 1997, GPA: 3.7
Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
Juris Doctorate 2000
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