Christopher Tokarczyk

Experience

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  UPMC, Center for Clinical Pharmacology

  Aug 2001 - May 2005

  Software Engineer

  • Coded interactive web applications to store and track patient and study information• Ensured application and data compliance with HIPAA• Led project of migrating software to C#, ASP.NET, and Oracle platforms

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  Compunetix

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2006

  Software Engineer

  • Developed embedded software applications for mission-critical telecommunication devices• Participated in peer reviews of technical documents and code• Adapted software and interfaces for new series of user instruments• Created user interfaces for product proposals and design documents

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  Eckert Seamans

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Law Clerk

  • Met with client to discuss invention, analyzed search results, and prepared patentability opinion• Drafted memorandum on impact of proposed rule changes to USPTO IDS practice• Updated legal analysis of a patent non-infringement opinion• Prepared and filed information disclosure statements, requests for certificate of correction, and change of power of attorney forms with the USPTO

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  Kacvinsky LLC

  Oct 2007 - Dec 2008

  Technology Specialist

  • Drafted office action responses, pre-appeal brief requests for review, and filing summaries• Recommended courses of action to client’s portfolio managers for after-final applications• Briefed attorneys for examiner interviews with proposed claim amendments and arguments• Prosecuted patent applications before the USPTO in the electrical, semiconductor, and computer arts

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  Racunas Law, LLC

  Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  Technology Specialist

  • Prosecuted patent applications involving video processing, trusted computing, runtime object management, media fingerprinting, communication systems, and dynamic software interfaces• Drafted office action responses to overcome examiner rejections and objections• Amended claims to advance prosecution while protecting client’s potential patent rights

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  ClutchGroup

  Dec 2009 - Jan 2010

  Attorney

  • Evaluated correspondence and documents for privilege and responsiveness to discovery requests• Classified documents by issue for use in antitrust, unfair competition, and internal investigations• Analyzed communications in the multimedia, broadcasting, healthcare, and automotive industries• Reviewed sensitive contracts and negotiation files for disclosure

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  United States Patent and Trademark Office

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2012

  Patent Examiner

  • Examined patent applications for inventions involving social networking, machine learning, image processing, bidding systems, targeted advertising, mobile devices, and location-based services• Issued office actions, restrictions, advisory actions, Rule 105 requirements, and interview summaries• Communicated findings regarding novelty, obviousness, and subject matter eligibility• Searched for prior art using EAST, WEST, Dialog, Prolog, and other non-patent literature sources

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  Venable LLP

  Jun 2012 - Jan 2014

  Associate Attorney

  • Prepared and prosecuted patent applications for inventions involving business and web software, data analytics, voice-over-IP, cryptographic messaging, semiconductors, and computer networking• Directed prosecution of worldwide patent applications by foreign associates• Construed and evaluated application of patent claims to allegedly infringing products • Prepared petition for inter partes review that led to favorable settlement of District Court litigation • Formulated patentability, patent validity, and patent invalidity opinions Свернуть

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  Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

  Feb 2014 - Jun 2016

  Attorney at Law
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  USPTO

  Jun 2016 - now

  Patent Examiner