Customer Service Office

Yoshiko Sugahara

**** ******* ***. ***. **** Alexandria VA 22303

301-***-**** **********@*****.***

Areas of Expertise:

Patent application, prosecution, and management

Admission:

USPTO, Registration No. 72770

(Passed the Registration Examination on July 2007)

Professional Experience:

Intellectual Property

Kanesaka Berner and Partners Patent Agents, LLP., Alexandria, VA

Patent Agent (May 2011 – Present)

•Drafted patent applications (including interviews with inventors)

•Reviewed and revised patent specifications, claims, and drawings to conform to the U.S. practice

•Counseled Japanese, German, and Indian clients on patent prosecution

•Analyzed Office Actions from the USPTO and provided legal and technical opinions to clients

•Responded to Office Actions

•Prepared and filed Appeal Briefs and Reply Briefs

•Conducted in-person and telephonic interviews with the Examiners

•Conducted prior art searches and provided patentability assessments and opinions to clients

•Performed technical and clerical communications to the USPTO

•Performed technical communications to clients

•Reviewed application documents and communication letters prepared by secretaries

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt, LLP., Alexandria, VA

Patent Agent (November 2010 – March 2011)

•Reviewed and revised patent specifications, claims, and drawings to conform to the U.S. practice

•Prepared preliminary amendments to claims for U.S. patent applications based on international applications filed in Japan, Germany, France, and Italy

•Counseled clients, particularly Japanese, on patent prosecution

•Analyzed Office Actions from the USPTO and provided legal and technical opinions to clients

•Responded to Office Actions

•Prepared responses to restriction requirements and notices of missing parts

Shinjyu Global IP Counselors, LLP., Washington, DC

Patent Agent (August 2007 – October 2010)

Patent Secretary (June 2006 – July 2007)

•Prepared and filed preliminary amendments to patent specifications, claims, and drawings

•Analyzed Office Actions from the USPTO and provided legal and technical opinions to clients

•Responded to Office Actions

•Conducted in-person and telephonic interviews with the Examiners

•Prepared and filed responses to restriction requirements and notices of missing parts

•Interpreted and translated technical subject matter between clients and patent attorneys/agents

•Performed technical and clerical communications to the USPTO and clients

•Prepared and filed U.S. patent applications and other documents and forwarded copies of filed documents, reporting letters, and debit notes to clients

•Filed U.S. patent applications and other documents online through the USPTO EFS-Web and in person at the USPTO customer service window

•Assisted technical communications between U.S. based clients seeking to secure Japanese patents and Japanese counsels

Biotechnology

SeraCare Life Sciences, Gaithersburg, MD

Research Associate II (April 2006 – June 2006)

Research Associate I (July 2004 – March 2006)

•Performed fresh human blood sample processing and isolation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for ELISA protein/antibody detection

•Assisted manufacturing of ELISA and ELISpot detection kits

•Performed ELISA and ELISpot proficiency panel testing

•Assisted Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) development

Education:

Concord Law School, Kaplan University (expected 2018): Juris Doctor

Marshall University, Huntington, WV (July 2004): B.S. Biological Science, Minor Chemistry

Languages:

Japanese (Native)

English (Fluent)

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