Paralegal

Brenda Noble Yamasaki

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OBJECTIVE: Paralegal

SKILLS SUMMARY

Paralegal Experience: 3 ½ years in patent prosecution

Microsoft Office: Operating Systems –Windows XP and Vista

Applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and Visio

Electronic Patent Filing & Query Systems:

USPTO EFS-Web Registered e-Filers, Private PAIR & EPAS, WIPO’s PCT-SAFE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

02/2007 – 05/2010: Paralegal, Mahamedi Paradice Kreisman LLP – Assist attorneys in filing and prosecuting US patent applications. Work with attorneys to manage individual prosecution dockets. Manage patent case families being handled in-house and externally by clients.

• Prepare and file Declarations, Power of Attorneys, Assignments, Information Disclosure Statements (IDSs), Extensions of Time, Request for Continued Examination, Preliminary Amendments, and Responses to Missing Parts.

• Perform Notice of Allowance reviews and file Issue Fee payments.

• Proofread issued patents for accuracy. Ensure all pertinent information is reflected in the issued patent. Prepare Certificate of Corrections, as required.

• Review drawings for utility and design applications, including instructing draftsman.

• Working knowledge of USPTO and PCT rules. Experience in electronically filing both in USPTO and US Receiving Office.

• Patent prosecution docketing support experience including client notifications regarding upcoming deadlines related to converting provisional applications, foreign filings, national phase filing and broadening reissues.

• Document business practices used to perform filing of new applications, status request inquiries, assignments, IDSs, as well as, processing notice of allowances, preparing 312 amendments, paying issue fees, and performing related patent docketing procedures.

PREVIOUS WORK HISTORY

06/2005 – 01/2007: Postmaster Relief (PMR), United States Postal Service

08/2000 – 07/2001: Business Development Program Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.

08/1998 – 07/2000: Information Technology (IT) Department Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.

04/1996 – 07/1998: Business Systems Analyst / IT Project Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.

11/1993 – 03/1996: Business Systems Analyst / IT Project Manager, Gupta Corporation

06/1990 –10/1993: Business Systems Architect, Apple Computer Inc.

01/1988 –05/1990: Business Systems Analyst / IT Project Manager, Apple Computer Inc.

VOLUNTEER WORK

05/2005 – 06/2006: Backup Webmaster, Friends of the Saratoga Library

06/2004 – 06/2005: Webmaster, Friends of the Saratoga Library

EDUCATION

Degrees

• Bachelor of Business Administration, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY

Certificates

• ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate, West Valley College

• Object-Oriented Programming Using Java, University of California Santa Cruz Extension

• Web and Internet Systems Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz Extension

• E-Commerce Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz Extension

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