RENEE REA

7102 San Pablo Drive | Houston, TX 77083

| 713-866-4836
PROFILE
* 5 years of legal experience.
* 3 years of patent prosecution experience.
* 5 years of engineering experience.
* 200 patents have been prosecuted personally.
* 20 patents have been issued by personal effort and diligence; without appeal
.
* Represented Fortune 200 clients such as BP, IBM, Boeing, and Apple.
* Implemented a change process in a hydrolysis reactor design resulting in a $
1.3m cost reduction.
* Amoco Engineering Merit Graduate.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mid-Sized Patent Law Firm (name withheld) Palo Alto, CA
Patent Agent June 2008 * Present
* Currently employed at an award-winning mid-sized law office.
* Responsibilities include patent prosecution and patent application drafting
in the Electrical and Mechanical arts.
* Technology areas of expertise include: semiconductor fabrication equipment,
digital and analog circuits, flash memory devices, aerospace, oil and gas proces
s engineering, and petrochemical.
Fernandez & Associates, LLP. Menlo Park, CA
Patent Agent March 2007-June 2008
* Assisted with I.P. Portfolio management for start-up companies.
* Researched and analyzed legal issues to prepare for article publications and
critical product release.
* Reduced risk to the company operations by personal accomplishments focusing
on mechanical patents.
Townsend & Townsend & Crew, LLP. San Francisco, CA
Summer Associate, Litigation Department Summer 2004
* Prepared USPTO office action responses for semiconductor processing equipmen
t in areas such as prior art, anticipation, and obviousness.
* Researched and analyzed legal issues involving summary judgments and prelimi
nary injunctions in Patent cases, Trademark protection of American goods enterin
g China, and Copyright/Trademark protection of product designs.
* Focus was on International legal compliance.
Hoge, Fenton, Jones, & Appel, PC. San Jose, CA
Summer Associate, Transactional and Litigation Departments Summer 2003
* Performed legal research and writing in Real Estate, Employment, and Corpora
te Law.
* Assisted with trial preparations; summarized trial transcripts and created d
eposition indexes.
* Participated in court appearances, trial depositions, and settlement confere
nces.
Applied Materials Incorporated Santa Clara, CA
Chemical Engineer, CPS Product Business Group 2000 * 2002
* Provided technical support for global customers by troubleshooting spare-par
t equipment failures on major semiconductor equipment.
* Performed root-cause analysis and closed-loop corrective action implementati
on on issues ranking high in customer dissatisfaction.
Solutia Incorporated (formerly Monsanto Corp.) Alvin, TX
Chemical Engineer / Project Manager 1999 * 2000
* Designed and implemented hydrolysis reactors for chemical manufacturing proc
ess.
* Resolved equipment failures and provided technical assistance to process ope
rators.
* Conducted experiments and small-scale pilot studies to streamline process ef
ficiency.
* Implemented a breakthrough reactor design improvement resulting in a cost sa
vings of $1.3 million.
Amoco Chemical Company Alvin, TX
Chemical Process Engineer 1995 * 1998
* Completed four separate summer internships at Gas-phase Polypropylene Unit a
nd Oil Refinery.
* Investigated technical service issues such as process fluctuations and equip
ment failure.
* Introduced maintenance improvements in a variety of process areas.
* Developed breakthrough improvements to liquid additive system efficiency.
* Utilized design simulation software to assist with the development of annual
capital projects.
EDUCATION
Santa Clara University Law School Santa Clara, CA
Juris Doctor May 2005
* Member, Intellectual Property Law Association
* Santa Clara Law Faculty Scholarship
* Bay Area Minority Clerkship Award, 2003
United States Registered Patent Agent No. 52,159 April 2002
University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering December 1998
* Amoco Corporation Engineering Merit Scholarship
* 3M Company Scholarship
* Texas Achievement Honors Award Scholarship for the University of Texas
* Amoco Avenues in Education: mentored and tutored high school students in Mat
h and Science