Ali Z.
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Detailee
Experience
Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
5 monthsAlexandria, United States
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Detailee
United States Patent & Trademark Office
- Assisting in drafting written opinions on appeals as directed by the assigned APJ panels
- Observing PTAB hearings in patent appeals and other matters within the jurisdiction of the Board
- Participating in appeal conferences conducted by the panel members assigned to the appealed cases
- Briefing judges and drafting opinions, orders, and memoranda relating to patent appeals and other matters within the jurisdiction of the board
- Researching technical issues raised in appealed cases and other matters within the jurisdiction of the board
- Researching legal issues and applying court decisions in legal analysis
Sep 2017 - Present
8 years 3 monthsBoston, United States
Attorney Volunteer
Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Performed client intake; provided legal guidance in drafting/filing necessary forms in divorce, custody, and guardianship cases
- Provided limited representation to clients in the Family Court
Oct 2010 - Present
15 years 2 monthsAlexandria, United States
Primary Patent Examiner (Network Security/TC 2400)
United States Patent & Trademark Office
- Handling substantive assignments related to patent application examination in computer networking security and multimedia recording/reproducing arts
- Examining patent applications and drafting Office Actions in a range of technology areas including blockchain (protocols and applications), cryptography algorithms, communication network security protocols (NIDS, IDP, deep packet inspection), storage area security protocols, anti-virus, cloud computing (communications, storage area networks, virtual machines), databases, smart phone applications, networking (3GPP, WiMAX, LTE, IPSEC, VPN, OSPF Authentication, VBS), and various recording/reproducing technologies such as MPEG and HDCP standards
- Participating in appeal reviews; drafting Examiner’s Answers
- Mentoring junior examiners in understanding applications, patent laws, formulating search strategies, and writing Office Actions
- Award – Exceptional Career Award: Silver Medal Award, June 2022
- Accolade – Office of Patent Quality Assurance (OPQA) recognition for employing superior examination practices in application examinations, July 2022
- Award – Exceptional Career Award: Bronze Medal Award, June 2017
Aug 2009 - May 2010
10 monthsChelsea, United States
SJC Rule 3.03 Student Attorney for Landlord-Tenant Clinic
Suffolk University Legal Services
- Planned and conducted all phases of civil lawsuits, including strategy planning, legal research to determine causes of action, drafting pleadings and pretrial motions, and conducting fact investigations
- Prepared pretrial and trial memorandums and participated in pretrial conferences
- Represented a defendant before a bench trial and secured judgment on claims and counter-claims
- Drafted discovery, interrogatories, answers, trial memos, and motions for attorneys’ fees and cost
- Conducted witness examinations, introduced evidence, and argued motions for attorneys’ fees and cost post trial
Apr 2006 - Feb 2010
3 years 11 monthsActon, United States
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Force10 Networks Inc.
- Researched and drafted architectural specifications for Carrier Ethernet Service OAM performance monitoring based on Metro-Ethernet Forum (MEF) standard/recommendations
- Researched and drafted functional and design specifications (FDS) for Ethernet policer; implemented design on multiple switching chips and Ethernet switch modules
- Researched and drafted FDS for Carrier Ethernet service ports performance monitoring; implemented design on a 10 Gigabit-Ethernet (GbE) switch module
- Participated in the development of a wireless back-haul aggregator platform; researched and drafted FDS for porting and modifying existing software infrastructure from VxWorks platform to the aggregator platform running Linux; ported and modified software based on the FDS recommendations
- Responsible for Wide Area Network (WAN) chipsets supporting LCAS/VCAT for Ethernet over SONET/PDH features for multiple switch modules, including a 10 GbE switch module and a 2.5 GbE switch module; drafted FDS; implemented features based on FDS; assisted hardware team in hardware validation
- Researched and proposed specifications for RSTP interoperability between old and new generation of Force10 switch modules
Jun 2005 - Apr 2006
11 monthsWoburn, United States
Senior Software Engineer
Gotuit Media Inc.
- Led a development team to design and implement an end-to-end performance & error monitoring system for Gotuit’s Video-on-Demand (VOD) channels deployed in the digital cable market
- Managed project task scheduling & progress monitoring; wrote functional & design specifications
- Implemented a client-server (TCP/IP & UDP/IP) messaging system where set-top boxes represented the client layer sending performance, usage, & error messages to a multithreaded server running at the cable head-ends
Dec 2004 - May 2005
6 monthsBoxborough, United States
Senior Software Engineer (Consultant)
Telsima Inc.
- Designed and implemented a generic IO redundancy (IOR) framework providing various protection schemes for modular IO cards to recover from faults causing service disruptions
- Developed IOR framework for automatic protection switch (APS) fail-over/recovery; operations, administration & maintenance (OAM) of equipment; and event logging
Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
1 yearBillerica, United States
Senior Software Engineer (Consultant)
Nortel Networks
- Designed and developed device driver architecture for line interface modules (SONET/SDH, Ethernet, PDH) on Linux platform for a multi-service edge router (MPE)
- Assisted hardware group by providing diagnostics and board bring-up (BSP) software
May 2000 - Jan 2004
3 years 9 monthsBoxborough, United States
Senior Software Engineer
Coriolis Networks Inc.
- Researched and developed Metro-access switch platforms providing data and voice (TDM) services
- Developed embedded system software and diagnostics tools for hardware verification
Dec 1998 - May 2000
1 year 6 monthsWestford, United States
Software Engineer
Lucent Technologies
- Designed and developed embedded system software (C/C++) and device drivers for SONET/SDH modules as part of the layer-2/layer-3 IP switch platform development
Summary
- Working knowledge of current Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practices with respect to applying patent laws, rules and PTO guidelines to ex Parte appeals and AIA trials.
- Working knowledge of current patent examination practices with respect to applying patent laws, rules and PTO guidelines to patent application examination in network security and multimedia recording technologies.
- Technical knowledge of AI/ML, blockchain, cryptography algorithms, communication network security protocols, storage area security protocols, anti-virus, cloud computing, databases, smart phone applications, networking.
- Ten+ years of research and development experience in the networking & telecommunications industry. Specializing in analyzing, designing, and implementing embedded system for communications systems.
Languages
English
NativeEducation
Suffolk University Law School
Juris Doctor · Boston, United States
Northeastern University
Bachelor of Science · Electrical & Computer Engineering · Boston, United States
Certifications & licenses
Massachusetts Bar
Registered USPTO
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