Attorney, Patent Attorney, IP Attorney, Electrical Engineer

PAUL C. PECORARO

**** ***** ******* ****** #* Chicago, IL 60614

773-***-**** ********@*****.***

United States Patent and Trademark Office Admission - Number 62011 / Date – March 10, 2008

Illinois Bar Admission Date – November 5, 2009 - ARDC Number 6300532

Professional Experience

Patent Agent

· Authored and currently prosecuting US Patent Application 12/319,429; filing date 1/6/2009

· Authored and currently prosecuting US Patent Application 12/290,510; filing date 10/31/2008

Great Lakes Controlled Energy Corp., Electrical Engineer, Elk Grove Village, IL 4/03-present

· Perform electrical design of closed-loop direct digital control automation systems within the HVAC

and refrigeration industry utilizing programmable logic control circuits, relay logic, and motor

positioning generated by PID algorithms, with Delta Controls (Vancouver) and Teletrol (Manchester)

· Collaborate with design engineers to write detailed automation system specifications and sequence of

operations for electromechanical equipment powered by sources ranging from 24VAC to 4160VAC.

Manufacturers of such equipment include Siemens, Johnson Controls, Trane, York, McQuay, Cutler-

Hammer, Allen Bradley and General Electric.

· Software development of control code at the PLC level and at the LAN level using IEEE Ethernet

10/100 Mbps TCP/IP with ASHRAE BACnet/IP, HTTP/XML and Javascript

· Software development of control code at the PLC level and at the LAN level using a proprietary

software environment utilizing digital logic devices

· Perform commissioning of closed-loop direct digital control projects, including point-to-point

checkout and calibration of electrical control inputs and outputs and for reliability and repeatability

of the inputs and outputs

· Development of front-end computer interface in Internet Explorer, Windows and DOS environments

Automatic Building Controls, Inc., Electrical Engineer, Park Ridge, IL 7/95-4/03

· Design, sell and project manage building automation systems with Alerton Controls (Seattle)

· Perform electrical design of closed-loop direct digital control automation systems within the HVAC

and refrigeration industry utilizing programmable logic controls, relay logic and motor positioning

generated by PID algorithms

· Software development of control code at the PLC level and at the LAN level using a proprietary

software environment utilizing digital logic devices and the Modbus protocol

· Perform commissioning of closed-loop direct digital control projects, including point-to-point

checkout and calibration of electrical control inputs and outputs and for reliability and repeatability

of the inputs and outputs

· Perform diagnosis and repair of direct digital control systems and electrical switchgear panels

Siemens (formerly Landis & Gyr Powers, Inc.), Software Technician, Buffalo Grove, IL 9/94-7/95

· Software development of control code at the PLC level and at the LAN level using a proprietary

software language

Education

The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL

Juris Doctor, May 2009. Intellectual Property Focus.

Intellectual Property Courses completed at The John Marshall Law School:

Substantive Patent Law; Patent Office Practice and Procedure; Patent Planning and Practice;

Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation

Second Best Brief in the Dean Fred F. Herzog Moot Court Competition / Spring 2009 / 190 Participants

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 1994

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