Current Role:
Patent Examiner @ United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
Researched and evaluated applications based on 35 U.S.C. 101, 102, 103, 112 statutes written by US Congress & judicially created doctrines of Double Patenting to make patentability determinations.
Addressed a docket in Technology Center 1700 related to Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, in particular additive manufacturing / 3D printing methods, injection molding and tobacco chemistry. There have been a number of isolated / "one off" cases examined in semiconductors processing, imprint lithography,
Leader in chemical molecular structure searching STN Next, SciFinder N, Knovel equation searching - including polymer searching and structural repeating unit (SRU) representations.
Participated in weekly Quality Enhancement Meetings led by Primary Examiners, Search & Classification Examiners, and Supervisory Patent Examiners. Made contributions to difficult prior art searches, and applications of non-prior art patent laws in making difficult indefiniteness, written description and subject matter eligibility determinations.
Outside of my formal duties at the USPTO, I represented the Patent and Trademark Office Society (PTOS) at the Regeneron International Science & Engineering (ISEF - https://isef.net/) as a Special Awards Judge in 2025.
Within this role, I provided technical leadership in award selection for monetary and certificate of achievement prizes at the Maryland state and National levels, travelling to Columbus, Ohio for the annual competition.