Head/ VP/ GM-Legal
at
ADHIKARI IPC
, Hyderabad, INDIA
October 2008 – Currently Working
Industry: Legal
Functional area: Legal
We strategize and provide service delivery for clients needing
patent searches ranging from patentability to infringement, or
preparing and prosecuting a patent application on your idea or
invention. We are organized to collaborate with all levels of
workflow functions to ensure strategy and service delivery for
the clients. We implement and establish process metrics to meet
our client needs.
Head/ VP/ GM-Legal at ACUMEN LEGAL SERVICES (I) PVT LTD , Hyderabad, INDIA
February 2008 – September 2008
For international and local clients, prepared patent
applications, prepared responses to office actions and developed
special expertise in one or more specific areas of technologies
and provide counselling on IPR issues to scientists conducting
research in those areas.
Managed a set of IP professionals to
see the quality of execution and delivery of services at high
standards.
Contributed clients therein including IP analysis,
generating intelligence reports, opinion work, infringement & val
Head/ VP/ GM-Legal at NCR Corporation , Hyderabad, INDIA
January 2007 – January 2008
Contributed to the patent portfolio of NCR in the domain
financial self-service, point of sale and kiosk solutions and
payments and imaging solutions; in patent preparation; responses
to office actions and prosecution as well as investigated
licensing opportunities.
Guided several research projects and
built a strategic patent portfolio.
Provided and studied risk
assessment for the financial self service business.
Evaluated
internally developed technology for patentability and developed
and m
Advisor/ Outside Consultant at Infosys Technologies Ltd.
, Bangalore, INDIA
October 2005 – December 2006
Responsible for supporting and contributing to the expansion of
Infosys patent portfolio and worked on the day-to-day patent
portfolio development activities therein includes discussing and
drafting new and existing inventions with inventors and prepared
responses to office actions.
Responsible for reviewing invention
disclosures with lab engineers, advised inventors on the
suitability of ideas for patenting, prior art and patentability
searches, advised Infosys on the selection of inventions f
Law Officer at Indian Patent Office , Chennai, INDIA
April 2003 – March 2005
Responsible for examination of applications for patents as to the
patentability of inventions, ascertaining sufficiency of
description of invention, novelty search and other technical
requirement and classification of applications for patents in
accordance with Indian and International Systems.
Assessed
patent applications thereby granted to inventors, giving them the
right to stop others using, selling or making their inventions;
part of the process involves ascertaining whether an invention i