Thomas Hayes

Experience

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  Nokia Mobile Phones

  Jul 1998 - Jul 2003

  Patent Agent

  Drafted and filed patent applications with the US patent office.Responded to official office actions from the US patent office.Managed and maintained a patent portfolio database for patent prosecution and reporting purposes.Created and maintained claim charts or mapping patent claims against industry standards for reporting and analysis. Acted as liaison between research and development engineers and company's patent review board.Interviewed research and development engineers concerning invention disclosures of R&D technology.Analyzed invention disclosures for patentable material.Determined quality and validity of invention disclosures.Created a technical background and solution synopsis essential to assessing innovative merits.Technical areas related mostly to RF hardware improvements for CDMA 1X and EVDO radio interface technologies along with stack level and user interface technologies. Show less

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  Research In Motion

  Jul 2003 - Jan 2008

  Patent & Technology Analyst

  Senior Patent Agent and Technical Analyst for Standards & LicensingDrafted and filed patent applications with the US patent office.Responded to official office actions from the US patent office.Managed and maintained a patent portfolio database for patent prosecution and reporting purposes.Created and maintained claim charts mapping company patent claims against industry standards for reporting and analysis.Analyzed company's patent portfolio, technical standards, and competitor technologies, and provided management with reports identifying the company's position against competitors and industry standards.Produced presentation materials used in licensing activities.Performed document discovery and analysis for company litigation and assertion matters.Analyzed research and development invention disclosures for patentable material and presented analyses to a patent committee review board.Provided training classes to engineers regarding patents, technology and industry standards.Technical areas related mostly to 3G/4G radio/network interface standards and cloud computing. Show less

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  RetailPact Group

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Product Strategist/Developer

  Created a supply chain management system for integrating wholesale inventory of small, individually owned retail merchants for the purpose of increasing capital and reducing cost by addressing issues relating to excess inventory and minimum purchase orders.

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  Kelly & Krause Patent Law Firm

  Jan 2010 - Aug 2012

  Patent Agent

  Patent Agent for Responding to Domestic and International Office Actions Performed technical analysis of patents and pending applications of wireless computing devices and network infrastructure devices relating to industry standard and non-standard compliant technologies and identifying novel and innovative distinctions that separates the client's claimed invention from existing prior art documentation.Wrote office action responses to official communications from the US patent office and foreign filing offices. Technical areas related mostly to 3G/4G RAN paging technologies. Show less

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  Softcard

  Aug 2012 - May 2015

  Patent and Technical Adviser

  Patent Technical AdvisorImplemented a patent process that included an Invention Disclosure Form (IDF), IDF submission, and award scheme for IDF submissions.Analyzed business models, system requirement specifications, related industry standards, and harvested high value intellectual property based on the analysis.Analyzed Invention Disclosure Forms (IDF) submitted by engineers and developers for patentable material and submitted and presented IDFs to a patent committee review board with accompanying recommendations. Participated in proper claim structuring in the drafting of patent applications to ensure proper protection of IP. Participated in responses to office actions from domestic and foreign patent offices. Provided IP training materials and classes for all employees of the company.Strategize and contribute ideas for product evolution to enhance product features to help capture greater markets. Show less

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  Wells Fargo

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Innovation Engineer

  This position was a research project aimed at generating novel and innovative ideas related to financial services and systems.

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  KatyIP

  Jul 2016 - Mar 2017

  Owner

  Patent application filings and patent prosecution practice for corporate and individual inventors.

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  Jackson Walker LLP

  Mar 2017 - May 2018

  Patent Agent

  Patent application drafting, filing, and prosecution for small, mid-size, and large clients.

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  McGuireWoods LLP

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2021

  Patent Agent

  Patent application drafting, filing, and prosecution for small, mid-size, and large clients.

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  Baker Botts

  Dec 2021 - May 2022

  Patent Agent

  Patent application drafting and prosecution involving high technology.

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  Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig

  Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  Senior Patent Counsel

  Patent application drafting, prosecution, and consultation.

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  LinkedIPG LLC

  Aug 2023 - now

  President