Legal Services Practitioner Data Form 2023.docx

Legal Services Practitioner Data Form Each Attorney who will participate in providing services to VA will individually provide the following data.

1. Individual attorney/agent/specialist code number, self-assigned sequentially (1,2, etc.)

2. Labor category (see CLIN Table )

3. Attorney/agent/specialist scientific/technical education and experience.

Please provide the following information:

a. Institutions attended as graduate and undergraduate, highest degree achieved and year of graduation.

b. Major and minor areas of study for each degree.

c. Dissertation or thesis title.

d. Number of scientific publications in peer reviewed journals. Include journal name and year of publication.

e. List, if applicable, academic post-doctoral experience. Include Institutions worked at, time-length and focus of studies.

f. List scientific/technical experience in private industry. Please provide description of job scope, achievements and time-length of experience

4. Attorney/agent legal education and experience.

Please provide the following information:

a. Graduating Law School. Include year of graduation.

b. Indicate honors, participation in law review and other distinctions earned during law school.

c. State(s) of bar licensure and length of licensure in each state.

d. Month and year of USPTO registration.

e. Years of active practice representing clients before the USPTO.

f. Were you a patent examiner? For how long? In what art unit and which technologies did you examine?

g. How many years have you been at your current firm?

5. Patent Prosecution Experience

a. Number and percentage of total work for specific technical areas over past five years:

Chemistry- Methods and compositions involving organic, inorganic, analytical, combinatorial, pharmaceutical and industrial chemistry.

Biology and Biotechnology – E.g. patent applications claiming compositions or methods involving biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, virology, bacteriology, genetic engineering, genomics, proteomics.

Pharmaceuticals- E.g. patent applications claiming methods or compositions related to the development of compounds, compositions and formulations intended for therapeutic use in humans.

Medical Devices – E.g patent applications claiming methods or compositions related to products intended for preventative, therapeutic or diagnostic use in patients, which do not act on the patient predominantly through chemical or biochemical means.

Electrical Engineering – Patent applications claiming, e.g., computer hardware and software, information technology, computational biology and bioinformatics, telemedicine, laboratory and medical instrumentation, biorobotics.

Mechanical Engineering – Patent applications claiming, e.g., patient assistive devices, beds, wheel chairs, surgical tools and devices, prosthesis and implants, laboratory automation, research tools and devices

6. Have you had experience managing a patent portfolio for a U.S. Federal Agency?

7. Have you directed or participated in patent litigation suits? How many? What were the outcomes?

8. Have you represented clients before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ? How many? How often?

9. Have you been subject to a disciplinary action at the PTO?

a. Yes/no

b. If yes provide details

10. Have you been found liable by a court for malpractice in a patent or trademark related case?

a. Yes/no

b. If yes provide details