RICHELLE CUTLER STROM, Ph.D.

22317 NE 160th Place, Woodinville, WA 98077

(425) 591-3593 rstrom@comcast.net

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Four years of experience managing patent application preparation and prosecution, and extensive knowledge
of USPTO rules and procedures (agent reg. no. 73,581). Proven written and oral communication skills.
Expertise in Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and Outlook.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1999
B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, 1992
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Patent Assistant, Strom Patent Law Firm, 2011present.
Schedule examiner interviews; communicate with inventors to obtain signatures and schedule disclosure
meetings; and report filings to client.
Maintain docket and ensure PTO deadlines are met; analyze PTO communications and respond, or
annotate and refer task; prepare documents, including applications and amendments; and prepare IDSs,
including analyze international patent families to identify citable material.
File documents using PTO Electronic Filing System; download and maintain patent files; record
assignments.
Review and implement client policy and changes in USPTO rules and procedures; maintain ledger; and
prepare and send invoices.
Sr. Research Technician, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 20092010 (1.5 years).
Developed transfection protocol for antibody targeting of pH-responsive micelles containing siRNA to
lymphoma cells; developed competitive binding assay to determined optimal antibody concentration for
transfections; conducted and analyzed siRNA gene knockdown experiments, knockdown efficacy
measured by qPCR and enzymatic assay.
Presented poster at annual conference and co-author in research publication.
Volunteer, East Ridge Elementary, Northshore School District, 20032009.
Art docent; science lab assistant; computer class assistant; reading tutor; and after-school chess class
manager.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 20002003.
Developed and characterized tetracycline-inducible mutant and wild-type human rhodopsin transgenic
mouse lines.
Research Technician, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD, 19921993.
Set-up laboratory; established protocols for receptor ligand binding assays; and analyzed results.