Administrative Assistant Office

LISA A. MILLER

**** ***** ****** ***********, ** 15146

412-***-****

***********@*******.***

OBJECTIVE

I am a Senior Executive-Level Administrative Assistant with over twenty years of experience managing business relations and special projects including over ten years of Intellectual Property experience.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Legal IP Assistant - Millennial Media, Inc. 01/2010 - 11/2015 Contractor (Home-based) Pittsburgh, PA

* Prepared and filed IP Applications, Amendments/Responses, Agreements, Declarations/Power of Attorneys, Petitions and Appeals etc. with the United States Patent and Trademark Office;

* Maintained and monitored patent dockets for assigned patent attorneys (due dates, deadlines, etc.);

* Strict adherence to U.S. and foreign Patent Office rules and regulations;

* Obtained patent-related information as needed or requested from various internal databases;

* Provided executive-level administrative support to attorney and clients;

* Detail-oriented proofreading of typed and formatted drafted documents with technical chemical terms for patent attorney;

* Excellent communication skills both verbal and written; and

* Strong professional work ethic, strong organizational skills, highly motivated and self-directed with attention to detail.

Executive Administrative Assistant - Bayer MaterialScience 01/2012 - 10/2015

Contractor (CTG) Pittsburgh, PA

* Prepared and filed IP Applications, Amendments/Responses, Agreements, Declarations/Power of Attorneys, Petitions and Appeals etc. with the United States Patent and Trademark Office;

* Maintained and monitored patent dockets for assigned patent attorneys (due dates, deadlines, etc.);

* Preparation of Information Disclosure Statements (IDS) for submission to the U.S. Patent Office, including obtaining copies of references from various sources;

* Strict adherence to U.S. and foreign Patent Office rules and regulations;

* Obtain patent-related information as needed or requested from various internal databases;

* Detail-oriented proofreading of typed and formatted drafted documents with technical chemical terms for patent attorney;

* Maintained/handled files in accordance with Corporate File Retention Policy (recording in database, shredding, sending to mines, etc);

* External correspondence with domestic and foreign clients;

* Provided executive-level administrative support to attorney and clients including travel arrangements and scheduling meetings;

* File a large volume of documents of various types into physical departmental files;

* Retrieved files at request of professional staff, and returned files to the filing system upon completion;

* Excellent communication skills both verbal and written;

* Strong professional work ethic, strong organizational skills, highly motivated and self-directed with attention to detail; and

* Strong working knowledge of MS Word, Adobe, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Executive Legal Assistant, Webb Law Firm 01/2005 - 01/2012 Pittsburgh, PA

* Prepared and filed IP Applications, Amendments/Responses, Agreements, Declarations/Power of Attorneys, Petitions and Appeals etc. with the United States Patent and Trademark Office;

* Provided executive-level administrative support to attorney and clients;

* Detail-oriented proofreading of typed and formatted drafted documents with technical chemical terms for patent attorney;

* Retrieved files at request of professional staff, and returned files to the filing system upon completion;

* Filed large volumes of documents of various types into physical departmental files;

* Obtained patent-related information as needed or requested from various internal databases;

* Maintained/handled files in accordance with Corporate File Retention Policy (recording in database, shredding, sending to mines, etc);

* External correspondence with domestic and foreign clients;

* Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced and demanding environment;

* Organized business travel and event luncheons; and

* Strong professional work ethic, strong organizational skills, highly motivated and self-directed with attention to detail.

Executive Legal Assistant, Eckert Seamans 01/2003 - 01/2005

Contractor (Alcoa) Pittsburgh, PA

* Prepared and file IP Applications, Amendments, and Appeals with the United States Patent and Trademark Office;

* Maintained and monitored patent dockets for assigned patent attorneys (due dates, deadlines, etc);

* Strict adherence to U.S. and foreign Patent Office rules and regulations;

* Provided executive-level administrative support to attorney and clients; and

* Detail-oriented proofreading of typed and formatted drafted documents with technical chemical terms for patent attorney.

SKILLS

• Intellectual Property Experience • Proofreading • Microsoft Word • Microsoft PowerPoint • Microsoft Outlook • Microsoft Excel • Adobe • SharePoint

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