Pamela Stone

Senior Patent Paralegal
IP Legal Operations

California State University, Northridge, CA 
● Bachelor of Arts, Journalism

University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
● Paralegal Certificate

Glendale College, Glendale, CA
● International Business Certificate

Pamela has over 20 years of law firm and corporate legal department experience as a patent paralegal in high tech fields such as electronics, data storage, and biomedical technologies. She is detail oriented in ensuring compliance with evolving U.S. and foreign complex patent practice and procedures in coordination with stakeholders (e.g., patent attorneys, foreign associates, and client case managers) to help develop and maintain strategic patent portfolios worldwide. 

Pamela is recognized for her ability to investigate and structure complex U.S. and foreign counterpart patent application filings, formal documents, prosecution, and maintenance based on varying international, regional, and national country requirements. She has supported patent attorneys on filing and prosecuting over 5000 U.S. and foreign patent application matters. Pamela also has extensive docketing and project management experience (e.g., M&A patent portfolio database integration, outside counsel correspondence, global portfolio docketing, and foreign agent correspondence) together with mentoring and coaching docketing and paralegal staff members in a law firm and corporate legal department environment.

Pamela has worked with senior U.S. and foreign patent practitioners to facilitate & manage continuity of practice, procedures, and assistance for small and large patent families across domestic & foreign application filing, prosecution, and maintenance routes. She brings valuable quality control insights into complex patent family tree management, U.S. and foreign patent practice alignment, and global patent office tools and procedures.

Representative Experience

Pamela has worked with senior US and foreign patent practitioners to facilitate & manage continuity of practice, procedures, and docketing for small and large patent families across domestic & foreign application filing routes, including:

  • US and Foreign filing, prosecution, and maintenance practice. All patent filing types, requests (e.g., PPH), and formal document compliance. Information disclosure statement preparation (e.g., complex cross-citing) for CFR, MPEP, and foreign practice Patent prosecution workflow and document preparation, including paralegal framework summaries for office actions, petitions, notice of appeals, and appeal briefs to support patent practitioners. Patent application proofing for compliance with U.S. and foreign rules and regulations.
  • Provide instructions and remarks regarding country filings, translations, formal documents (e.g., declarations, assignments), patent prosecution (including request for examinations), and patent maintenance monitoring (including annuity payments and possible abandonment depending on business strategy). Guidance to patent practitioners includes alignment of US patent practice formalities with evolving foreign patent practice and procedures, including legalization of applicable formal documents, to help patent attorneys prepare for any planned international and foreign patent application filings.
  • Coordinate with foreign agents to support their client’s extensive US national phase entries based on PCT International application with foreign priority; receive instructions / remarks from foreign agent regarding translations, formal documents (e.g., declarations, assignments), and patent prosecution in the
  • PCT international application filing management, including communicating international search & written opinions to legal team stakeholders before filing in foreign countries; PCT communications / invitation responses & change Requests; PCT International Search Report & Written Opinion Overviews; PCT Article 19 Claim Amendment Procedure; Chapter II Demand for International Preliminary Examination (Article 34 Amendments); 30-month National Phase or Regional Phase (e.g., EPO/ Validation, ARIPO, OAPI, EA) entry filings at 30-month due date from PCT application priority date.
  • Paris Convention Patent Application Filings within 12 month priority date from earlier application priority date (alternatively pursuing patent prosecution process directly in foreign countries).
  • Utilize global electronic patent database, such as Patentcenter, EFS-Web, PAIR, DAS, ePCT, Patentscope, PCT-Safe, and eSpacenet, for newly filed patent applications, prosecution filings, prior art reference searches, and assignments.