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ATTORNEY AT LAW

Registered Patent Attorney - Technology and Intellectual Property Matters

http://www.attycubed.com

Twin Oaks Office Plaza

477 Ninth Avenue, Suite 112

San Mateo, California 94402-1854

Telephone: (650) 348-1444

Facsimile: (650) 348-8655

e-mail: rks@attycubed.com

December 1992 to Present

Patent prosecution in all arts including electronic devices and circuits, computer, architecture, mechanical, physical and optics inventions, electronic commerce and business methods, medical devices such as catheters, cardiology devices, fiber optic devices, laser systems and equipment, chemicals and organic chemistry and pharmaceuticals.  Currently over 80 patents issued.  Specializing in developing and implementing IP strategy alongside executive and corporate counsel.  Experience in appeals, protests, special petitions and other procedures.  Patent litigation and patent dispute resolution including opinion letter drafting and interpretation, prior art search and infringement studies.  Trademark prosecution, oppositions and cancellations, litigation, copyright and trade secrets litigation, licensing of technology.  Various civil matters including general and business litigation, small business consulting, dispute resolution.  Diverse client base consisting primarily of Bay Area technology-based entrepreneurial and other small, medium and large-sized companies as well as independent inventors.

Mr. Shahani is a member of the California State Bar license number 160,814, and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, registration number 37,554.

Drafting patent applications, domestic and foreign patent prosecution.  Legal research in trade secrets, unfair competition.  Practice specialized in chemical, biotechnology and mechanical arts.

August 1986 to August 1989

Biotechnology clinical manufacturing and pilot plant process development.  Duties includes inside utilities management, specification and supervision of maintenance on cell culture, fermentation and purification equipment, and regulatory affairs building manager.  Products included human and animal factors and therapeutics, specially chemicals and laboratory diagnostics.  Also served as temporary chair of employee and facility safety and bio-hazard committee.

June 1985 to June 1986

Projects included research into medium to large-scale fermentation of waste products, methods development for microbiological assays, chemical separations and analytical instrumentation.  Name author on various publications.

August 1989 to December 1991

Doctor of Jurisprudence (1991) with Certificate of Specialization from Institute of International Legal Studies.

Class representative: Student Bar Association (1991).

Externship: UNIDROIT (International institute for the Unification of Private Law) in Rome, Italy (1991).

Authored comparative annotation on contractual relationship between principals and agents in international sales.

Nairobi Summer International Law Institute (1990) International business transactions, public and environmental law.

International Law Society: Co-Founder (1989), Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Team (1990-91).

August 1979 to December 1985

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (1985) Certificate of Specialization in Biochemical Engineering with various Academic Honors and Scholarhips.

California State Bar Number 160,814, United States District Court and Court of Appeals, United States Patent and Trademark Office Registration Number 37,554, California Notary Public, San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association, Silicon Valley  Intellectual Property Law Association.

Foreign Languages - Italian (fluent), French and Spanish (good), various languages (beginner).

On-line and CD-ROM based legal research, patent and other intellectual property information database searching.

Over ten years Member of San Mateo County Bar Association and Bar Association of San Francisco Legal Referral Panels.

Studio stoneware pottery and sculpture.

Former Board Secretary, Director, Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center (A&PIWC), San Francisco.  Community based health and services organization dedicated to empowering and improving the lives of Asians (i.e., people of Asian descent), Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in our community living with and around HIV and AIDS.

Corporate sponsor of www.SF-Turtle.com.

Participant of the AIDS LIFECYCLE (SF to LA) 2004.