Elizabeth Anne Nevis

                   M.S.E.E., J.D., U.S. Patent Attorney

                                 Admitted to California Bar, Jan. 2007

                         Location: southern San Francisco Bay Area, CA

                mailto:hireme@bootlegacylaw.com?subject=Resume Inquiry

 

Education___________________________________________________________________

 

Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR: JD, May 2006

Faculty Scholarship, 2002-06

Best Oral Advocate, 2003

Scholar List, 2004,’05

President, Native American Law Student Assn., 2005-06

Contributor, Letter of the Law student publication, 2003-06

 

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM: MS, Electrical Engineering, Dec. 1983

 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL: BS, Astronomy, May 1981 

 

Legal and Law-Related Experience____________________________________________

 

bNimble Technologies                                 Fremont, CA                               Aug. 2004-present

Patent Domain Expert 2004-2006; Consulting Attorney, 2007

·         Assisted with development of intelligent patent-analysis software

·         Patent research on 3 software and business-method inventions

·         Contract analysis and California corporation law

 

Lewis & Clark Law School                          Portland, OR                              Sept. 2005-present

Student Research Assistant 2005-06; Contract Researcher, Writer, and Editor, 2007-present

·         Research, writing, and editing support for attorney/adjunct professor on:

o         Projects for international IP organizations focused on agriculture and genetics

o        Articles for publication on life-science-based intellectual property

 

Get Prepped!                                                 Denver, CO                                  Mar. 2005-present

LSAT Preparation Teaching Contractor

·         Taught group classes and tutored individuals preparing to take LSAT law-school

       entrance exam in Portland, Seattle, Missoula, and the San Francisco Bay area

 

Pixelworks, Inc.                                            Tualatin, OR                                       Jan.-Oct. 2006

IP Law Intern Jan-May 2006; Law Clerk May-Oct. 2006

·         Customized and built searchable databases of 200 patents and 1200 contracts

·         Researched and reported on trademarks

·         Analyzed and recommended revisions for contracts including purchasing, nondisclosure,

      and technical standards adoption

·         Wrote company policy recommendations on use of open-source software

 

Oneida Tribal Law Office                           Oneida, WI                                        June-Aug. 2005

Summer Legal Intern

·         Researched and wrote memos for several attorneys on gaming (WI and NY), taxation,

      insurance litigation, ERISA, and Indian land claims

·         Set up custom database of tribal court decisions

 

Intel Corp.                                                     Hillsboro, OR                                     Feb.-Aug. 2004

Patent Practice Intern

·         Coordinated and tracked 50 invention disclosures, wrote 15 from inventor interviews

·         Received Employee Recognition Award for long-distance work with Israeli inventors

·         Evaluated 250 patents to help Portfolio Committees develop licensing strategies

 

Marger Johnson & McCollom, P.C.            Portland,OR / Vancouver, WA              Summer 2003

First-Year Summer Law Clerk

·         Wrote responses to Patent Office actions, revised foreign applications for U.S. stage

·         Prepared reports and presentations on new developments in patent and employment law

 

Most-Recent Engineering Experience____________________________________________

 

NeoPhotonics / NanoGram Corp.              Fremont, CA                                                 2000 – 2002

Manager, Photonics Research & Development

·         Recruited and managed optical physicists and engineers for new department

·         Interpreted regulations and industry standards: telecom, cleanroom, laser safety

·         Assisted with 3 multi-disciplinary patent applications, including co-inventor interviews

 

Agilent Technologies/Hewlett-Packard      Santa Clara, CA                                          1997 – 2000

Optical Research & Development Engineer

·         Designed nanometer-accuracy metrology instruments for semiconductor processing

 

Morningstar Technologies                           Long Beach, CA                                          1994 – 1997

President / Chief Scientist

·         Founded and operated profitable solo engineering consultancy with nationwide client base

 

Beckman Instruments          Palo Alto and Fullerton, CA                                              1992 – 1994

Senior Optical Engineer / Project Lead

·         Designed optics and coordinated supporting electronics and mechanics for biological and

     chemical analysis instruments

 

 

Sole or co-inventor of 11 U.S. Patents: ___________________________________________

 4,799,770                   6,222,679                    6,748,127                   6,900,899                   6,903,819

 6,952,504                   6,961,129                    6,961,130                   7,009,709                   7,027,223

 7,164,818

 

Additional Skills, Accreditations, and Interests____________________________________

 

LEXIS certified; skilled in computer graphics, databases, statistics, and word processing

Managed production & news departments, produced drama for nonprofit radio stations

SCUBA certifications: open-water, nitrox, rebreather, aquanaut

Performed with semi-professional troupes in Balkan choral singing & Mid-Eastern dance

Volunteer middle-school mentor: Role Model Program, Future Scientists & Engineers