Sandra L. May

Sandra May is a Foreign/Domestic Patent Filing Specialist in the Intellectual Property Department. She has more than 13 years of legal experience. She concentrates her legal support in both domestic and foreign patent-related matters.

• Prepares, revises, reviews, and files U.S. provisional, U.S. utility, and Patent Cooperative Treaty (PCT) applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Maintains large and small client portfolios for U.S. utility applications, PCT applications, and national phase (worldwide) applications
• Prepares filing instructions to foreign associates for filing patent applications
• Monitors various action items to keep applications in good standing
• Processes legal documents for clients, foreign agents, associates, and other law firms
• Maintains client files and docketing system deadlines
• Provides legal support on a variety of intellectual property matters
• Proofreads issued patents
• Utilizes patent software including EPOline, PattsyWave, IPDAS, USPTO, EFSWeb, and WIPO websites

Practice Areas

Representative Matters

• Worked with a start-up company to establish procedures and policies for foreign filing patent applications
• Designed and implemented a company naming convention for all documents, including emails
• Developed and maintained a database of necessary documents required in specific countries
• Implemented a training program for new patent administrators

Prior Experience

• ProFile Patents LLC, Patent Manager, 2008-2015
• Warn Partners, P.C., Patent Administrator, 2004-2008