Shewana Skinner
- Role
- Patent Portfolio Specialist at Clarivate
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Patent Portfolio Specialist
Jan 2014 — Present
Strategically perform searches relating to patentability (novelty), validity, freedom-to-operate and infringement in the areas of business finance, blockchain, autonomous technology, healthcare, real property, cloud architecture and e-commerce. • Perform a comprehensive search to ensure the most relevant prior art is located and provide a logical and complete search history. • Maintain consistent timeliness and superior quality of deliverables. • Communicate effectively with stakeholders in determining the scope of searches and draft technical reports that clarify and summarize search results. • Conduct long-term patent landscape studies to identify trends in a technology field, deliver competitive intelligence and identify potential research and licensing opportunities. • Perform qualitative analysis of patents and patent portfolios from a legal, technical and business perspective. • Assigning classifications in accordance with the Cooperative Patent Classification rules and definitions. • Maintain proficiency with commercial patent searching databases and other proprietary databases of technical publications (Orbit, USPTO, Espacenet, WIPO, etc).
Education
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering
1992 — 1996
Howard University School of Law
Juris Doctor, Law
2005 — 2008
Skills
- Event Planning
- Curriculum Development
- Workshop Facilitation
- Volunteer Management
- Strategy
- Legal Writing
- Government
- Grant Writing
- Community Outreach
- Grants
- Teaching
- Nonprofits
- Budgets
- Arbitration
- Editing
- Public Policy
- Conflict Resolution
- Proposal Writing
- Appeals
- Mediation
- Research
- Litigation
- Immigration Law
- Qualitative Research
- Community Organizing
- Westlaw
- Career Counseling
- Leadership
- Administrative Law
- Legal Issues
- Program Evaluation
- Public Speaking
- Politics
- Courts
- Community Development
- Patents
- Policy
- Policy Analysis
- Management
- Program Management
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