Kyoko Makino

**** * ****** ******* ** #***, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA

928-***-****

acqadl@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE Osha Liang, LLP Houston, TX

Feb. 2014 – Jan. 2015 Patent Agent

Assisted clients with navigating US Patent and Trademark Office processes to protect their intellectual property and minimize their risk of costly infringements.

Communicated extensively with clients and translated to/from Japanese when needed.

Performed pre-filing application reviews to ensure completeness and compliance with PTO requirements.

Searched for, analyzed, and summarized any discovered prior arts.

Filed and tracked the status of new patent applications on behalf of clients.

Responded to PTO office actions in collaboration with supervising attorney.

Prosecuted 40 patent applications before the PTO; won 2 cases in which Examiner allowed application including Patent No. 8835783 “Switch and method for producing the same.”

Filed National stage applications on PCT applications.

Conducted inventor interview in collaboration with supervising agent and discussed patentability of the invention.

Filed and prosecuted 2 design patents.

Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ

March 2012 – May 2013 Applications Systems Analyst

Maintained Northern Arizona University’s Education Department website.

Developed extended functionality for the department’s Scholarship Application web application.

Transferred the department’s website contents to the University’s newly adopted website format.

Fujii Corporation Flagstaff, AZ

June 2008 – Jan. 2014 General Manager / Treasure

Managed business’ daily operations.

Managed financial accounts.

Maintained cable-connected equipment and wireless network.

Kung Fu Factory Los Angeles, CA

Jan. 2011 – Oct. 2013 Independent Contractor

Translated in-game texts and business documents.

Searched for and translated court records for title acquisition purposes.

Crave Entertainment Rancho Dominguez, CA

Aug. 1998 – Sep. 2000 Assistant Producer

Managed software development schedules.

Managed software testing procedures and schedules for a team of Quality Assurance.

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION

Jan. 2014 Patent Agent

Registration No. 72,200

Jan. 2014 CompTIA Network+

Certification No. COMP001020656645

EDUCATION Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ

Aug. 2007 – May 2012 Bachelor of Science

Major: Computer Science

Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2006 Washington Online Learning Institute New York, NY

Paralegal Studies Diploma

University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA

Aug. 1994 – Dec. 1998 Bachelor of Arts, English

Major: English

LANGUAGE Japanese

Fluent in speaking, reading and writing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS Front-End languages: HTML, CSS, XML

Object-Oriented Languages: Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python

Other Languages: C, XDL, ASP.NET

RDBMS: MySQL, MS Access

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