Kristy's Skills & Abilities

Patent Counseling

• Prepare and prosecute design or utility patent applications (US/PCT), including ex parte appeals

• Convert foreign applications into US-compliant secondary applications

• Reduce royalty payments through clearance/invalidity opinions and post-grant proceedings

• Perform prior art searches for patentability or validity (proficient in Orbit and ProQuest Dialog)

 

Litigation Support

• Electronic document review system familiarity (Relativity)

• Transcript review and summarization

• Legal research and writing

 

Communications

• Author articles for national law reviews, bar journals and commentaries regarding patent law

• Present continuing legal education topics to bar organizations, interorganizational colleagues and clients

• Teach patent law as an adjunct professor (Marquette University Law School)

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