About me

Career: Eventually, this all culminated in being hired as a patent examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. . It is a challenging role for most engineers, as the USPTO has an approximately 30% retention rate for first year examiners - but I personally loved the work. I spent 4+ years working there with a full time career in this fully remote, high-responsibility federal role with strict deadlines. I worked in the mechanical engineering department which mostly consisted of autonomous driving and machine learning technologies. Furthermore, it was almost entirely independent work with very little supervision. I never met any of my co-workers or superiors in person - even all of my computer equipment was shipped to me. This gave me real world experience to productively work in a remote environment where everything was my responsibility. I excelled at this position, and was promoted. This career gave me insider information on how patent applications are exactly allowed or denied. I know this, because I was the one doing the allowing and denying. Eventually, I knew that I wanted more, and so I decided to take and ultimately pass the USPTO Patent Bar. This leads me to today, where I am now a registered patent agent and ready to represent inventors to help them towards getting their innovative ideas patented. Especially based on my insider experience, I know exactly how to accomplish this.