Cynthia Underwood
Design Patent Examiner, Deputy Mayor of Technology and Innovation
- Role
- Design Patent Examiner at USPTO
- Location
- Lancaster, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Cynthia Underwood
Deputy Mayor of Innovation & Technology for the City of Lancaster. Visionary, design-led…
Experience
Design Patent Examiner
Sep 2006 — Present
I analyze design patent applications for patentability then either grant or reject based upon findings• I guide inventors and attorneys toward amending drawing and specification so that they properly show and describe the invention according to design patent law • I specialize in computer icons, protective cases for tablets and laptops, dishware and hardware, like hooks and carabiners• I search globally for items similar to the invention sought to be patented.• I have a deep knowledge of intellectual property with over design patent prosecutions.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Certificate in Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
2015 — 2016
Humboldt State University
Bachelor's Degree, BA's: Fine Art, Art History, German, Minor: Creative Writing
1991 — 1996
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Painting
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
MFA, art
1996 — 1999
Tufts University
MFA, art
1996 — 1999
UCLA
Broadcast journalism
Skills
- Creative Writing
- Building Stretcher Bars
- Public Speaking
- Training
- Happiness Researcher
- Social Networking
- Teaching
- Photography
- Design Patents
- Art Education
- Fine Art
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Painting
- Art History
- Research
- Art
- Patents
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