JUDITH A. PARADOSKI

*** *. ****** ***., #*, Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Cell: 408-***-****; Email: acqqw1@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS: Computer Skills – Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Chem Draw, Smart Draw, PC, MAC

Document Management: IManage, Soft Solutions, PC Docs

Databases: Filemaker, Alecto, Elegance, Ellipsis, Oracle, CPI, Nerac, Dialog, Anaqua

EDUCATION: De Anza College - Cupertino, CA, AA Degree, Business, 3.9 GPA

EXPERIENCE:

Fluidigm, So. San Francisco, CA

November 2014 – January 2015

Patent Administrator (Contract Position)

Acted as the Patent Administrator while he was on an extended vacation. Upon his return, worked on various assigned patent projects.

Position included general administrative duties, some docketing, monitoring shared patent

prosecution folders, and the flow of agreements.

Procured signatures for declarations and assignments, and updated log for such.

Corresponded with in-house attorneys and outside counsel.

Prepared and filed expense reports using Concur expense system.

Visa, Foster City, CA

May 2014 – August 2014

Intellectual Property Contract Analyst (Contract Position)

Worked on various projects using Anaqua Database.

Updated classifications of invention and patent records.

Updated responsible manager roles.

Reclassified patent families and combined filing patent records.

Worked on 2014 Inventor Recognition Awards Event.

Reviewed numerous spreadsheets to determine who was qualified to attend event.

Reviewed corresponding information in Public PAIR regarding patents granted.

Drafted script for event.

Reviewed documents to determine incentive rewards for quarterly inventions.

Analyzed updated Visa internal Intellectual Property Website and noted differences.

Reviewed FY13 law rates versus FY14 law rates for outside counsel budget.

Amgen Corporation, So. San Francisco, CA

November 2012 – May 2014

Administrative Assistant/Patent File Coordinator (Contract Position)

Reviewed US and foreign patent prosecution files to determine which documents should be retained or shredded to institute new “paperless environment.”

Coordinated documents sent to outside scanning vendor for above project, using extremely

complicated and lengthy Excel spreadsheet pertaining to all Amgen subsidiaries.

Worked closely with Shipping/Receiving in shipping patent documents to outside scanning vendor.

Also worked closely with Shipping/Receiving with regards to final shipping of documents to long-term outside retention vendor. Prepared all necessary mailing and Excel retention spreadsheets for shipping and retention.

Assisted Senior Patent Assistant with photocopying, scanning, hard copy filing, and research.

Assisted Senior Docketing Paralegal by doing research in Memotech docketing system, as well as scanned and

uploaded patent documents into Memotech.

Created hard copy patent application and Letters Patent File folders. Also, performed clean-up of documents in

Amgen Patent Library.

Performed research on projects relating to Amgen and competitor patent families.

Radlo IP Law Group, Palo Alto, CA

February 2012 – July 2012

Office Manager/Patent Paralegal

Calendared meetings on Microsoft Outlook.

Ordered all office and kitchen supplies.

Ensured payment of all office invoices.

Maintained Deposit Account with United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Processed all incoming and outgoing mail.

Prepared and filed U.S. and PCT patent applications, and all other documents related to patent prosecution.

Processed billable hours into Time Slips database. Ran reports from said database.

Prepared all billing invoices sent to clients monthly, as well as statements of accounts.

Client correspondence, via e-mail and phone, and correspondence with outside foreign counsel.

Docketed and ran reports from CTS docketing system.

NXP Semiconductors, San Jose, CA

June 2011 – December 2011

Patent Paralegal (Contract position)

Prepared and filed patent applications under 35 U.S.C. Sec. 371.

Prepared and filed convention U.S. patent applications.

Responsible for all docketing of incoming mail from USPTO using the Anaqua docketing system.

Prepared and filed inventor documents in response to Missing Parts.

Performed research regarding references to be filed with large Information Disclosure Statements. Filed such Information Disclosure Statements.

Prepared and filed Preliminary Amendments, Request for Continued Examination and Office Action Responses.

Worked on projects with minimal supervision involving downloading documents from Anaqua for transference of patent portfolios.

The Brill Law Office, Santa Clara, CA

August 2010 – June 2011

Patent Paralegal

Prepared and filed U.S. patent applications, Responses to Office Actions and all other documents related to patent prosecution.

Processed billable hours into company database. Ran reports from said database.

Created and processed invoices, uploaded invoices into Serengetti invoice system of major client.

Ordered office supplies.

Docketed and ran reports from sole proprietor docketing system.

Docketed and ran reports from major client’s Anaqua database.

Corresponded with clients and outside foreign counsel.

Prepared and processed wire transfers.

Processed USPTO correspondence, and all other mail.

Calendared meetings on Microsoft Outlook.

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA

June 2007 – July 2010

Legal Administrative Assistant

Processed contracts, i.e. Statements of Work, Work Orders, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Professional Services Subcontractor Agreements, and End User License Agreements. Ensured finance approval was obtained and all pre-execution steps were performed.

Sent fully executed contracts via PDF to customers.

Composed letters enclosing fully executed originals to customers.

Supervised and trained temporary employees.

Worked closely with 12 contract administrators and assisted with their duties.

Created Administrative Assistant Training Manual.

Acted as liaison with Sales Personnel, Field Sales Representatives and Finance Department.

Maintained agreements on Elegance and Ellipsis databases, validated, added new users, and ran Excel reports from said databases.

Ordered supplies, processed mail, processed temporary employee invoices and expense reports.

Made travel arrangements.

Calendared meetings on Microsoft Outlook.

Coordinated monthly departmental meetings, insured all equipment and phones were in operable condition, and that all necessary personnel were timely notified.

Insured that photocopy and scanning equipment was always operable, especially with regards to Quarter End.

Consistently worked overtime at Quarter End, often worked 16 hour days.

Fish & Richardson, LLP/Redwood City, CA

October 2006 – June 2007

Patent Prosecution Secretary (Contract position)

Supported the partners and associates in domestic and foreign prosecution.

Covered the responsibilities of a patent assistant on medical leave.

Hickman, Palermo, Truong, & Becker LLP, San Jose, CA

September 2004 – June 2006

Patent Prosecution Secretary

Prepared and filed U.S. patent applications.

Prepared and filed responses to Office Actions.

Prepared and filed inventor documents in response to Missing Parts.

Extensive knowledge of encryption, including PGP.

Major customer interfacing with client patent administrators and inventors.

Docketed records in firm-created database, maintained paper docket.

Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White LLP, Menlo Park, CA

April 2001 – August 2004

Patent Prosecution Secretary

Edited, prepared and filed biotech U.S. patent applications.

Prepared and foreign filed direct national filings, Response to Written Opinions, Article 19 Amendments, and office action correspondence with foreign agencies, such as WIPO.

Maintained manual and computer dockets.

Opened new files and organized transfer files.

Procured patents and pending applications from Nerac and Dialog databases.

Supervised work of overflow secretaries.

Also 18 years of experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry:

Syntex Pharmaceuticals (U.S.A.) Inc., Palo Alto, CA

November 1982 – October 1993

Paralegal/Executive Legal Assistant - Patent Law Department

Syntex Pharmaceuticals (U.S.A.) Inc., Palo Alto, CA

1974 - 1981

Foreign Filing Specialist

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