Jere is a paralegal who focuses her work in the area of intellectual property, particularly patents and trademarks.
Jere’s responsibilities include:
- Preparing and filing U.S. patent applications and related formal documents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
- Preparing and assisting with filing responses to office actions and handling other details of patent prosecution. Jere also assists with pre-application and post-application follow-through for payment of issue fees, maintenance fees and all other procedural requirements to maintain a patent in force.
- Preparing and filing PCT applications and monitoring applications through national stage filing deadline.
- Preparing foreign filing instruction letters, verifying foreign filing requirements and overseeing timely filings of formal documents.
- Reviewing and analyzing correspondence from foreign associates, and communicating with attorneys and clients throughout prosecution and during maintenance of foreign grant.
- Assisting attorneys with patent and trademark assignments and name/address change recordas in U.S. and foreign countries, including research.
- Maintaining a computerized database and related dockets for more than 4,000 domestic and international patent and trademark files.
- Maintaining individual client portfolios.