Stanetta D. Isaac
Lexington Park,Maryland
Summary
Accomplished in patent law proficiency and innovation assessment, I leveraged my scientific background at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to enhance patent classification accuracy and mentor new examiners. Demonstrating leadership at Lightview Cooperative Housing, I excelled in strategic planning and conflict resolution, significantly contributing to community development and technological advancements.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Partial Signatory Patent Examiner for Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Technology
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Alexandria, VA
01.2002 - Current
- Consult patent examiners and members of the public as a subject matter expert in semiconductor manufacturing technologies
- Responsible for analyzing patent applications, deciding the scope of protection claimed by the inventor, researching relevant technologies, and communicating findings and decisions to patent practitioners and/or inventors
- Perform basic, advanced, and legal patent examining functions including the application of legal precedents, the determination of double patenting situations, the determination of patentability and the evaluation of patents to the Commissioner and sworn statements of patentable equivalence
- Use automation tools for searching US Patents and Publications, foreign patents, and non-patent literature to decide whether the claimed invention is new and patentable
- Write office actions in a production-oriented environment that required the analytical ability to efficiently digest large volumes of scientific information and to use this in making prompt decisions about the patentability of applications
- Present (written and verbally) all official Patent Office actions including substantive evaluation in terms of both statutory and recent law of the legal sufficiency of evidence submitted by the applicant
- Prepare and maintain accurate working papers, documenting the work performed and recorded the information and evidence obtained from documents, such as books, databases, files, interviews and analysis
- Defend Office Actions and findings based on individual professional expertise or knowledge, planned and carried out assignments and resolved most of the conflicts which arise
- Preparation of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 reports including lack of unity determination, international search reports and written opinions
- Train new and external examiners around searching the Patent Classification System, conducting a field of search, and proper office action writing procedures
- Receive CPC Blocked Training to understand the structure of the CPC, the classification of patent documents in CPC and the use of the CPC to find pertinent prior art publications
- Experience with international patent classification for conducting searches for applications and classifying issued patent applications
Board President
Lightview Cooperative Housing Community
Washington, DC
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Managed and provided leadership to the board of directors and board members
- Coordinated and chaired all board and membership meetings of the cooperative
- Established and planned the agenda for the board of directors corresponding to management operations of the building facilities
- Coordinated with the board of directors to track and manage that the co-op stayed in compliance with relevant housing legislations and follows best practices on governance and decision-making of affordable housing loans
- Established productivity goals for the board of directors and ensured that expectations were met
- Managed conflicts on the board and among board directors and facilitated discussions to work toward resolutions
- Coordinated with co-op's auditors to ensure that the property taxes and mortgage followed D.C
- Housing requirements
- Lead the board through evaluation and recruitment processes to encourage residents to participate in community services and to encourage board membership
Board of Directors Member
Lightview Cooperative Housing Community
Washington, DC
05.2018 - 12.2020
- Coordinated with the fundraising committee and assisted other board of directors and cooperative members in raising funds for social community events, such as yard sales for community cleanup efforts, holiday events
- Coordinated with others on the hiring committee creating a hiring practice and procedure plan
- Developed and facilitated a policy platform for employee evaluation utilized to evaluate current and future employees hired by the Board of Directors and its cooperative members
- Coordinated with the board of directors strategic planning projects for building restoration and maintenance projects, security surveillance projects, financial development projects
- Coordinated with the board of directors in the management of the financial budget of the co-operative of five building properties housing 75 cooperative members
- Tracked and managed financial budget performance
- Review financial statements
- Implement strategies to support financial sustainability
- Developed and facilitated a hospitality committee for member engagement
- Tracked and managed the operations of EJF real estate property management company
Technical Advancement Development (TAD) Innovation team Specialist
Ethicon Endo Surgery, J&J Company
Cincinnati, OH
05.1999 - 08.1999
- Coordinated with other team members on the Technical Advancement Development Team with research involving technological surgical equipment
- Conducted experiments on the performance of surgical tools and compared their results to marketed and research standards
- Coordinated with the research and development (R&D) team with failure analysis of existing surgical devices
- Responsible for collection of various testing information for further research
- Initiated modern technologies that increased the efficiency of data collection and analysis of research programs and projects
- Research assistant to the team leader and project manager for a medical distribution system
- Responsible for software analysis for a surgical tool
Quality Analyst
Pure Tech Plastics Inc.
Farmingdale, NY
07.1996 - 01.1997
- Assistant lab manager to the Quality Assurance Lab for analyzing recycled plastic materials
- Facilitated and managed testing of plastic materials to ensure that the materials adhere to quality specifications
- Conducted shipping list for internal business to business operations
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL08-2000
Skills
- Patent classification
- Application review
- Patent law proficiency
- Training and mentoring
- Scientific background
- Innovation assessment
Timeline
Board President
Lightview Cooperative Housing Community
01.2021 - 12.2022
Board of Directors Member
Lightview Cooperative Housing Community
05.2018 - 12.2020
Partial Signatory Patent Examiner for Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Technology
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
01.2002 - Current
Technical Advancement Development (TAD) Innovation team Specialist
Ethicon Endo Surgery, J&J Company
05.1999 - 08.1999
Quality Analyst
Pure Tech Plastics Inc.
07.1996 - 01.1997
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Tuskegee University
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