Engineer Design

Shaorong Chen

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Wilmington, DE 19810 E-mail: abnvok@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualification

Five years of experiences in patent prosecution (patent drafting, responses to office actions and appeal

briefs), patent license negotiation, freedom-to-operate analysis, and technical and legal support on

patent validity opinions, litigation and opposition.

Ten years of industrial and academic experiences in chemical product and process development,

organic chemical synthesis, catalysis, polymerization, distillation, crystallization, chemical vapor

deposition, and coal gasification and liquefaction.

Broad knowledge and expertise in engineering (chemical, mechanical and electrical), chemistry, and

computer hardware and software.

Creative approaches to problem solving through use of excellent analytical skills.

Self-motivated, independent and quick learner.

Excellent interpersonal skills, confident and poised in interactions with individuals at all levels, and

ready rapport with clients and colleagues.

Proven ability to manage multiple tasks, projects and assignments simultaneously.

Strong communicational skills and fluency in English and Chinese.

Bar Admissions

United States Patent and Trademark Office, February 2004

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, April 2009

State of New Jersey – Pending

Education & Training

Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware

Juris Doctor, 2008

Honor: Certificate of Achievement, Seminar: Life Science Law

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

D. Sc. in Chemical Engineering, 1996

Award: Full Fellowship in Department of Chemical Engineering

East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, P. R. China

M. Sc. in Organic Chemical Technology, 1988

B. Sc. in Coal Chemical Technology, 1985

Certified Trainings in Patent Resources Group, Inc. Charlottesville, VA

Chemical Patent Practice – 2006

How to Craft, Draft & Prosecute Patents that Wins at the Federal Circuit – 2005

The PRG Patent Review – 2003

Professional Experience

Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, Wilmington, DE

Registered Patent Agent 08/07 – 07/08

Prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications, including drafting patent

applications, preparing IDS, writing letters to clients and foreign agents on patent prosecutions, and

providing responses to office actions and appeal briefs.

Provided technical and legal support on patent infringement litigations, including

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Pfizer Inc. et al. v. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. et al., in U.S. District Court for the District of

Delaware; Bella Bella v. Neutrogena, et al., in U.S. District Court for Central District of California.

Legal Department, Invista North America S.à.r.l., Wilmington, DE

Registered Patent Agent 02/04 – 07/07

Developed and prosecuted the worldwide patent strategy, principle, and competitive foreign filing.

Worked with technical groups to extract patentable concepts and innovations, guided experimental

work for inventions, and drafted invention disclosures.

Prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications in various technical fields,

including compositions; preparations and applications of specialty chemicals and polymers; fiber

spinning and dyeing; upholstery furniture manufacture and treatment; and carpet manufacture,

treatment and cleaning.

Conducted prior art search on freedom to operate, and patentability analysis. Wrote analysis reports

on freedom to operate.

Assisted corporation counsels and foreign agents in patent opposition and litigation.

Optimized the value of the patent portfolios by reviewing the patent portfolio with the business and

technical management, and developing abandonment, foreign filing and maintenance

recommendations.

Provided input into technical projects and competitive trends to identify opportunities for competitive

advantages and proprietary positions and to define the issues related to potential infringement.

Wrote validity opinions on competitors’ patents under the supervision of a patent attorney.

Identified patents with potential licensing values.

Patent Liaison 4/03-01/04

Trained and conducted patentability search including chemical structure search for the department of

Nylon Intermediates, Polymer and Specialties.

Conducted search on competitors’ patents, analyzed and provided reports on validity analysis of these

patents.

R&D in Nylon Intermediates, Polymer and Specialties

E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, DE

Senior Research Engineer 03/02 – 03/03

Developed a low-cost process of making vinyl cyclo-hexanediol, a precursor of a comonomer of

Nylon 66 and Nylon 6 polymers.

Synthesized and purified specialty chemicals for fragrance customers, such as cyclododecanediol,

cyclododecene, and butadiene tetramer from plant waste streams.

Successfully launched a new catalytic process of removing impurities for making high quality

dodecanedioic acids, conducted kinetic studies on the process, and assisted a design engineer in

designing commercial scale reactors of the process.

Research Engineer 9/98 - 02/02

Successfully developed and commercialized a new process on production of cyclododecanone, an

intermediated for musk fragrances, using a low-cost and long-life catalyst in a tight timeframe.

Improved the business financial performance by over $15 million.

Conducted kinetics studies and solvent effects on various precursors to make caprolactam, an

intermediate for Nylon 6.

Synthesized a new catalyst with high selectivity for production of methyl-3-pentenoate, a key

precursor for caprolactam.

Award: 2000 DuPont Market Excellence Recognition

Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Research Associate 05/96 - 08/98

Conducted original research in complex heterogeneous catalytic reactions using the TAP

multifunctional reactor system combined with catalyst synthesis and spectroscopy techniques.

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Led industrial-sponsored research projects, including developing new catalysts, improving industrial

catalysts, performing kinetic studies for alkene and alkane selective oxidation, and studying

diffusions and reactions of zeolite-type catalysts.

Maintained high-vacuum system, mass spectrometers, and Raman and Infra-Red spectroscopies.

Supervised computer workstations and personal computers in the laboratory.

Participated in designing and fabricating the TAP reactor system, including the high-vacuum system,

mass spectrometer, and Raman and infrared spectroscopies.

Department of Chemical Engineering of Energy Resources

East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Assistant Professor and Research Associate 08/88 - 08/90

Participated in research projects on coal liquefaction and coal desulfurization using microwave

techniques.

Supervised research contracts with industrial companies, and succeeded in lowering the content of

organic pollutants from coking plant waste water and preparing briquette coal with low sulfur content.

Professional Membership

Pennsylvania Bar Association

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Intellectual Property Organization

National Association of Patent Practitioners

Patents and Publications

Y. Sun and S. Chen, Process to Produce 4-(2-sulfotheyl)cyclohexane, 1,2-doil sodium salt from 4-

vinylcyclohexane-1,2-diol, US 6,906,220, June 4, 2005.

S. Chen and Y. Sun, Process hydrolyzing water soluble epoxide, US20040192976, September 20, 2004.

G. S. Yablonsky, S. O. Shekhtman, S. Chen, and J. T. Gleaves, Moment-Based Analysis of Transient

Response Catalytic Studies (TAP-Experiment), Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 37 (1998), 2193 – 2202.

S. O. Shektman, G. S. Yablonsky, S. Chen and J. T. Gleaves, Thin-Zone TAP Reactor - Theory and

Application, Chem. Eng. Sci. 54 (1999) 4371 – 4378.

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