Patent prosecution

Ms. Gunjan Agarwal

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EDUCATION

University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California

Juris Doctor expected May 2012

Pursuing Certificate of Concentration in Intellectual Property Law

Class Rank: Top 8.7% (26/296); GPA: 3.58

Honors: San Diego International Law Journal, Member

CALI Award Recipient – Patent Law, Fall 2010; Patent Litigation II, Spring 2011

High Pass, Lawyering Skills I (Legal Research and Writing), Fall 2009

Best Brief, Lawyering Skills I, Fall 2009

Best Oral Advocate (Appellee), Lawyering Skills I, Spring 2010

Recipient of San Diego County Bar Association Diversity Fellowship Award, 2010

Recipient of “Warren Family Endowment for Student Assistance” Scholarship, 2011, 2012.

Activities: IP Law Association, Public Relations Officer

University of California San Diego, San Diego, California

Master of Science in Bioengineering, June 2009

GPA: 3.7

Thesis: Effect of Chondrocyte-Stem cell interactions on chondrogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem cells

Honors: Journal paper - Arthritis & Rheumatism, 2010.

Poster accepted at Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) conference, 2009

Rashtreeya Vidhyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology, June 2007

Top 1% (9/934) - Equivalent to “summa cum laude” in the United States

Honors: Dean’s List (all 8 semesters)

Activities: Helix (Biotechnology Department magazine), Co-editor; Biosken (Biotechnology Department

Student body organization), Treasurer; Rotary India “Vaccination for polio” drive, Participant

EXPERIENCE

Pfizer Inc., La Jolla

Law Clerk January 2012 – Current

• Responsibilities primarily include drafting patent applications and responses to office actions, PTA calculations and freedom to operate analysis.

Prof. Ted Sichelman, USD School of Law, San Diego, California

Research Assistant Fall 2011

• Helped Prof. Sichelman with research and writing of papers on current issues in Patent Law.

Life Technologies, Carlsbad, California

IP Legal Intern Summer 2011

• Worked closely with internal patent professionals to conduct legal research and drafting related to patent prosecution as well as litigation. Led projects for drafting applications, patent landscape analysis and/or patent portfolio audit activities.

• Responsibilities included patent application drafting (drafted and filed three applications on diverse technologies such as drug molecules, medical devices and genome sequences), application review and modifications, conducting freedom to operate searches, responding to office actions, conducting legal research, reviewing patentability of technology, and drafting opinion letters.

Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch LLP, San Diego, California

Law Clerk, Tech Entrepreneurship Clinic September 2010 – April 2011

• Provided legal assistance to local technology start-up companies in intellectual property prosecution and licensing (responsibilities included drafting patent applications, conducting prior art and freedom to operate searches, patent landscaping, reviewing patentability of technology, and drafting disclosures, license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and related documents).

Gary D. Aronson Attorney at Law, San Diego, California

Law Clerk Summer 2010

• Conducted legal research and wrote legal memoranda addressing various business transactional issues involved in the formation of a not for profit organization and Political Action Committee , in particular, corporate filings, IRS status, and trademark registration. Solely established the non-profit organization Invest in Innovation Foundation Inc., and prepared the executive summary, commercial contracts, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and shareholder agreements.

Varghese Lab, Department of Bioengineering (UCSD), San Diego, California

Research Associate May 2008 – June 2009

• Researched the potential of arthritic chondrocytes to induce chondrogenesis in MSCs.

• Evaluated the role of PTHrP and TGF-β1 in chondrogenesis pathway and devised the theory of morphogen diffusion to explain hypertrophy.

• Compiled a comprehensive thesis and submitted a research paper.

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (UCSD), San Diego, California

Teaching Assistant September 2007 – June 2009

• Supervised undergraduates in inorganic and organic chemistry and evaluated student performance.

• Taught basic concepts of chemistry alongside good scientific paper writing and notebook practices.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

San Diego County Bar Association, Member, South Asian Bar Association of San Diego, Member.

PUBLICATIONS

"Osteoarthritic chondrocyte-secreted morphogens induce chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells." Arthritis & Rheumatism, 2010.

LANGUAGES

Hindi (native), English (fluent: reading, writing and speaking) and French (basic: speaking and reading).

INTERESTS & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Poetry; Cooking Indian cuisine; Travelling to discover new and interesting cultures; Part of UDAI (India outreach organization).

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