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
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Education___________________________________________________________________
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
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
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Patent research on 3 software and
business-method inventions
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Contract analysis and
Lewis & Clark
Law School
Student Research Assistant 2005-06; Contract Researcher,
Writer, and Editor, 2007-present
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Research, writing, and editing support
for attorney/adjunct professor on:
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Projects for international IP organizations
focused on agriculture and genetics
o
Articles for publication on
life-science-based intellectual property
Get Prepped!
LSAT Preparation Teaching Contractor
·
Taught group classes and tutored
individuals preparing to take LSAT law-school
entrance exam in
Pixelworks, Inc.
IP Law Intern
Jan-May 2006; Law Clerk May-Oct. 2006
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Customized and built searchable
databases of 200 patents and 1200 contracts
·
Researched and reported on trademarks
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Analyzed and recommended revisions for contracts
including purchasing, nondisclosure,
and technical
standards adoption
·
Wrote company policy recommendations on
use of open-source software
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.
Patent Practice Intern
·
Coordinated and tracked 50 invention
disclosures, wrote 15 from inventor interviews
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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.
First-Year Summer Law Clerk
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Wrote responses to Patent Office
actions, revised foreign applications for
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Prepared reports and presentations on
new developments in patent and employment law
Most-Recent Engineering Experience____________________________________________
NeoPhotonics /
NanoGram Corp.
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
Optical Research & Development
Engineer
· Designed nanometer-accuracy metrology instruments for semiconductor processing
Morningstar Technologies
President / Chief Scientist
·
Founded and operated profitable solo
engineering consultancy with nationwide client base
Beckman Instruments
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
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