Jennifer Torres
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Skills Profile • Over 15 years of experience in all aspects of PCT, foreign and domestic patent filing.
• PCT Easy, PTO EFS, PAIR, and paperless databases.
• Designed forms using Adobe Lifecycle Design
Experience Operations Manager
Apex Building Inspections, San Diego, CA
July 2013-Present
• Ensure operations are carried on in an appropriate, cost-effective way
• Improve operational management systems, processes and best practices
• Help the organization’s processes remain legally compliant
• Formulate strategic and operational objectives
• Examine financial data and use them to improve profitability
• Manage budgets and forecasts
Patent Paralegal
Hewlett Packard Company, San Diego, CA
January 2001 –July 2013
• US, foreign and PCT Patent preparation
• Electronic filing and docketing
• Coordinated and managed in-house and Outside Counsel dockets remotely
• Conducted searches using patent and trademark databases and third party searching databases
• Design and distribute HP’s custom forms internally and externally Legal Administrator
Hewlett Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
November 1996 – January 2001
• Supported IP Attorney’s in various functions such as patent, transactional, licensing, and management
• Managed the IP outside submission program
• Administrative tasks as needed such as travel, reimbursements, and creating and running various reports
Administrative Assistant
Manpower contract with Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA October 1995 – November 1996
• Assistant to Patent Paralegal, administrative tasks such as IDS preparation and maintaining patent case files
Education Patent Paralegal Certificate – www.iplegaled.com – Nov 2009