IP Docketing Specialist
Resume:
CHRISTOPHER D. HAIRSTON
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CHRISTOPHER DEVON HAIRSTON
Washington, D.C. 20011
************@*****.***
CAPABILITIES
Exceptional customer service skills
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management
Motivated self-starter with an aptitude for learning new tasks quickly
Team player and able to undertake the most challenging situations
EXPERIENCE
Smith,Gambrell & Russell, LLP
IP Docketing Specialist -April 2013-Present
Maintaining docketing duties on a weekly schedule; opening, date stamping, and reviewing all incoming
mail (patents and trademarks, oppositions and cancellations, Madrid Protocol, US/Foreign etc.), courier
packages and facsimiles for the Intellectual Property Department; docketing applicable deadlines and
information from the mail using IP Manager/CPI docketing database and the manual docket book where
necessary; distributing mail to the responsible attorney via Records Department; reserving new matter
numbers from Accounting for all new cases and preparing new matter short forms where necessary;
processing new patent application case matters and entering into IP Manager/CPI; justifying paperless daily
docket; generating attorney and client reports as requested using IP Manager/CPI; processing USPTO
filings, including clearing due dates and actions from IP Manager/CPI database and manual docket book;
and processing attorney special requests, including case closings, abandonments, matter changes, assignment
changes.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
IP Docketing Coordinator- December 2012-April 2013
Responsible for recording and monitoring client and legal deadlines and informing responsible
attorneys of deadlines in a timely manner, review the work of Docket Specialists for accuracy and
provide training/guidance to Specialists as necessary, reviewing the work of the docketing
specialists and identifying necessary corrections; opening, reviewing, and distributing mail;
inputting and verifying deadline dates into docketing system (CPI), publishing docket reminders
and following up on daily filing requirements, and also responsible for reviewing all USPTO filings
for completion and accuracy of format, ensuring proper payment is processed for government fees,
providing system searches upon specific request, and processing filing receipts. Other
responsibilities include reviewing documents and determining docketing dates for Patent Office
litigation, monitoring and organizing daily runs to the Patent Office, processing abandoned cases
and/or redocketing extended dates in litigation, inputting and verifying new applications as well as
various other tasks and requested/needed.
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Banner & Witcoff, LLP
IP Docketing Specialist – October 2009 – December 2012
Reviewed and analyzed incoming courier packages, USPTO mail, copyright, patents and trademarks,
opposition, cancellations, domestic, reexamination; foreign and design client mail and faxes; entered
pertinent information into the docketing database (CPI) interacted with attorneys, paraprofessionals and
support staff to resolve issues and discrepancies; cleared daily docket by confirming outgoing
correspondence and notes written on the daily docket; answered inquiries of attorneys, staff and clients;
backup to team leader and performed other job related duties as assigned.
Arent Fox LLP
IP Docketing Specialist - September 2006 - October 2009
Opened new case files, patents and trademarks, opposition, cancellations and ensuring all Attorney docket
action items were entered into central docket system ( CPI); sorted and manually docketed domestic and
foreign incoming correspondence; processed maintenance fees; extended due dates with the USPTO;
prepared weekly reports; cross-trained with other specialist; identified and assessed docketing action types
and due dates; updated docket databases; cleared daily docket; resolved any docket discrepancies; remained
up-to-date on USPTO rules and regulations.
Foley & Lardner LLP
IP Docket Specialist - April 2001 - September 2006
Reviewed and analyzed incoming USPTO mail, patents, trademarks, Madrid Protocol, opposition,
cancellations, domestic and foreign client mail and faxes; entered pertinent information into the docketing
database (Dennemeyer); prepared timely and accurate customized reports for attorneys and clients;
coordinated with various attorneys, paraprofessionals and support staff to resolve issues and discrepancies;
cleared daily docket by confirming outgoing correspondence and notes written on the daily docket; answered
inquiries of attorneys, staff and clients; trained in-house employees and performed other job related duties as
assigned.
EDUCATION
Training courses, GroupWise and Imanage, at the Indiana Barnes Thornburg Law Office
Travel Manager 12-00, Smithsonian Financial System - 01-01
University of the District of Columbia - Major Business Management 1994-1996
Graduate Calvin Coolidge High School, Washington, DC June 1994
SKILLS
IManage/Desksite Scanners IP Manager
Typing (55 wpm)
Microsoft (Word, Excel, Outlook) Dennemeyer
WIPO
TEAS/TARR/TTAB Internet/Copiers Installation of software/hardware
Accutrac Genifax
Legaltrax
Legal Key CPI
Accouroute
USPTO Web (PAIR) Sageis
Perfect Law (AIM)
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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