Languages:
Japanese Language
Proficiency Examination, Approved by Japan Foundation, Level 4; Kanji Proficiency
Exam of the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, passed Level 7, recognized by the
Japan Ministry of Education, mastery of 640 kanji; some technical Russian reading ability.Licensed to
Practice:
Supreme Courts of California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, Fifth and Ninth Circuits
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Internal Revenue Service
FCC Commercial & Amateur Radio Licenses
Internal Revenue Service Special Enrollment
California Department of Real Estate - Broker
Certified by State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization: Taxation
Prosecution Experience:
Prepared and
prosecuted more than 100 patents, in the electrical & chemical technologies; specialty
areas include optics, fiber optics, electromagnetics, cryogenics, natural gas processing
and computers, as well as extensive trademark and copyright preparation and prosecution.
Representative patents include: Chemical: 4,957,634; 4,851,077; Electrical: 4,876,892;
4,833,351; 4,837,525; Mechanical: 4,879,895; 4,906,199; and Optical: 4,919,512; 4,898,468.
Personal patent No. 6,286,238.
Litigation
Experience:
Associate counsel in patent matters, and litigation in state court pertaining to trade secrets;
Judge pro tem, Long Beach Municipal Court; Superior Court Mediation program, Long Beach;
Attorney-Client fee Dispute Arbitrator, Long Beach Bar Association; Patent Panel, American
Arbitration Association.
Teaching
Experience:
Former Adjunct
Law Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, LL.M. Taxation Program - Teaching
Tax, including Intellectual Property Taxation. Georgia Institute of Technology -
previously taught heat and mass transfer laboratories, and analog and digital computer
laboratory. Intellectual Property & Taxation Seminars at various locations.
Publications and Articles:
Scattering
and Transmission Matrices for the Fabry Parot Interferometer -MSEE Thesis, California
State University, Long Beach; "In Filing Your Patent Application...Completeness
Counts," Mechanical Engineering, Vol 114, No. 3, (March 1992), The
Daily Journal, Vol. 104, No. 242 (Friday, Dec. 6, 1991)p. 7; "Patent
Protection May Extend to Software After All," (Patentability of Computer
Programs Using Algorithms Broadened) Mechanical Engineering, Vol 114, No. 4,
(April 1992), The Daily Journal, Vol. 105, No. 19 (Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1992)p. 7; The
Vermont Inventor's Association Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 3 (August 1994) "To
Retain Rights, Patent Holders Must Act Swiftly," (A Delay In Filing Patent
Suit Can Destroy Rights), Mechanical Engineering, Vol 114, No. 7, (July 1992), The
Daily Journal, Vol. 105, No. 104 (Friday, May 29, 1992)p. 7; "Computer Program
Patentability Revisited," Motion, Vol. 9, No. 6 (November/December 1993), The
Reporter, Vol. 72, No. 53 (Friday, July 21, 1993), Spread Spectrum Scene, Vol.
2, No. 3 (June-July, 1993) p. 18; "Marking of Patented Articles Important to
Damage Recovery," Motion, Vol. 10, No. 1 (January/February 1994), The
Reporter, Vol. 73, No. 12 (Friday, February 11, 1994), News & Review, Vol
8, No. 2 (February, 1994), Midnight Engineering, Volume 5, No. 5
(September/October, 1994); The Vermont Inventor's Association Newsletter, Vol. 1,
No. 2 (July 1994) "A Design Must Not Be Judged As A Concept," The
Reporter, Vol. 73, No. 15 (Tuesday, February 22, 1994), Mechanical Engineering,
Vol 116, No. 7, (July 1994), Midnight Engineering, Volume 5, No. 5
(September/October, 1994), Craftmaster News, Vol. 12, No. 11 (November 1994) p.28;
"Blind Submission of Copyright Works Provides Little Protection for Authors,"
The Reporter, Vol. 73, No. 22 (Friday, March 18, 1994), The Daily Journal,
Vol. 100, No. 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 1994)p.5; "How Much Should A Patent
Application Cost?," The Reporter, Vol. 73, No. 29 (Tuesday, April 12,
1994), The Orange County Lawyer Vol. 36, No. 6 (June 1994) p.12, Spread Spectrum
Scene, Vol. 3, No. 1 (April-May, 1994) p. 6, Communications, Vol. 31, No. 5
(April-May, 1994) p. 42, Microwaves & RF, Vol. 33, No. 2A (March-April, 1994)
p. 32, Inventor's Digest, Vol. X, No. 5 (Sep.-Oct, 1994) p. 12, Motion, Vol.
10, No. 5 (September/October 1994); The Vermont Inventor's Association Newsletter,
Vol. 1, No. 1 (June 1994); "Recent Spread Spectrum Patents," Spread
Spectrum Scene, Vol. 2, No. 9 (March, 1994) p. 8; "What to Expect In Applying
for a Federal Trademark," The Reporter, Vol. 73, No. 54 (Friday, July 8,
1994), Restaurateur of Orange County, Vol. 2, No. 79 (September, 1994)p.4, Communications,
Vol. 31, No. 10 (October 1994) p. 44, Motion, Vol. 10, No. 6 (November/December
1994), Design News, (June 26, 1995) p.162; "Pog Insanity," The
Reporter, Vol. 73, No. 69 (Tuesday, August 30, 1994), The Orange County Lawyer
Vol. 36, No. 11 (November 1994) p.10; "Computer Program Patentability Update,"
The Reporter, Vol. 73, Nos. 82 and 83 (Friday, October 14 and Tuesday October 18,
1994), Spread Spectrum Scene, Vol. 3, No. 3 (August-September, 1994) p. 5, Mechanical
Engineering, Vol 117, No. 3, (March 1995) p.100; Motion, Vol. 11, No. 2
(March/April 1995) p.29, Design News, (June 12, 1995) p.188; "IRS to be
Allowed to Charge 'User Fees'," The Reporter, Vol. 73, No. 86 (Friday,
October 28, 1994), Motion, Vol. 11, No. 1 (January/February 1995) p. 35, Orange
County Business Journal, "The IRS Master" Vol. 18, No. 24 (June 12-18,
1995); "GATT Forces Strategy Change for Inventors," The
Reporter, Vol. 73, No. 101 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994), Biomedical Market
Newsletter, Vol. 4, No 12 (December 1994) p.14, Inventor's Digest, Vol. XI, No.
2 (Mar.- Apr, 1995) p.6; Motion, Vol. 11, No. 1 (January/February 1995) p.36; Midnight
Engineering, Volume 6, No. 1 (January/February, 1995) Design News, (February 6,
1995) p.122, Mechanical Engineering, Vol 117, No. 3, (March 1995) p.99, Ceramic
Industry, Vol 144, No. 3 (March 1995),News & Review, Vol 9, No. 6 (June,
1995), Spread Spectrum Scene, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring 1995) p.6, The Orange County
Lawyer Vol. 37, No. 9 (September 1995) p.10; "Rohrabacher to Rescue Patent
Term with H.R. 359" The Reporter, Vol. 74, No. 18 (Friday, March 3, 1995);
Motion, Vol. 11, No. 2 (March/April 1995) p.32; Trade Winds' Industry Weekly
No. 1004 (March 27-April 2, 1995) p.13; "Reviving the Freedom to Save"
Motion,
Vol. 11, No. 3 (May/June 1995), p.6; "Technology Venture Structuring Should Spread
Opportunities", The Daily Journal, Vol. 108, No. 192 (Monday, Oct. 9,
1995)p. 5, The Law Works, Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1995), p.34, The Reporter,
Vol. 74, No. 75 (Friday, Sep. 22, 1995), The Orange County Lawyer Vol. 38, No. 2
(February 1996) p.16,. ;"Federal Trademark Registration for Single Location
Restaurants"; "Are You Getting the Best Value in Your Patent
Application?"; "Budgeting For A Utility Patent", Midnight
Engineering, Volume 7, No. 1 (January/February, 1996); "Invention 'Developers'
May Be In Trouble" Motion, Vol. 12, No. 1 (January/February 1996),p.6; and
"Do You Really Need A Patent Search?" The Reporter, Vol. 76, No.
59 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997), U.S. Tech (Sep 1997), Inventor's Digest, Vol. XIV, No.
1 (Jan/Feb, 1998) p., The Daily Journal, Vol. 111, No. 11 [Search Light] (Friday,
Jan. 16, 1998),p. 7, Hydrocarbon Processing, Vol 77, No. 9 (Sep 1998),p.163;"Technical
Correction Helps Inventors" The Daily Journal, Vol. 111, No. 40 [Discovery
Tax] (Monday, March 2,1998), p.7, U.S. Tech (Mar 1998). "Prop 226-A Small Step
Toward Tax Fairness" The Reporter, Vol. 77, No. 27 (Tuesday, April 7,
1998), The Daily Journal, Vol. 111, No. 57 [Dues Portion for Political Purposes Is
an Unfair Bonus For Labor] (Wednesday, March 25,1998), The Orange County Register
[Prop.226: A thorn in union’s political hide] (Wed, April 1, 1998); "Critical
New Product Development" Mechanical Engineering Magazine August 2009 web
exclusive, and Controlled Environments Magazine (Feb, 2010); "IRS Caves
on Equitable Innocent Spouse Rules," The Reporter,
Vol. 92, No. 60 (Friday, July 29, 2011); "Searching v. Installing v. Tracking,"
The Reporter, Vol. 92, No. 63 (Tuesday, August
9, 2011); "Personal Liability for Sales Tax - The Basics,"
The Reporter, Vol. 92, No. 66 (Tuesday, August
16, 2011);"Nonprofit Liability,"
The Reporter, Vol. 92, No. 74 (Friday,
September 16, 2011); "Independent Contractor
Controversy, Uglier Than Ever,"
The Reporter, Vol. 93, Nos. 7 & 8 (Tuesday and Friday,
January 24 & 27, 2012); "Don't Let Another Long Beach Nonprofit Become
Revoked," The Reporter, Vol. 93, No. 38 (Friday, May 11, 2012).
Memberships:
Current
Memberships:
Member of the state bars of California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada; Fellow, National Tax
Practice Institute; Southern California Bankruptcy Inn of Court; Central
District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association; California Bar Association Activities: Member Committee of the California State Bar Board of Legal
Specialization (2011-2014); Past Memberships: Chair of the California Bar Taxation
Advisory Committee of the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization
(2006-2011); Former member of the Long Beach Bar Association,
(Board of Governors, 1994-95); Past Member: Orange County Bar Association, Taxation
Section, (Co-Chair Technology Law Section 1996); Past Member: National and California
Society of Enrolled Agents (Orange Co. Chapter President 2003-2004); Past member &
Registered Parliamentarian - National Association of Parliamentarians; Prior member and
Business Management Committee SEMA member (1997-98); Past California Bar Association
offices held: CEB committee (1999-2000); Taxation Section Executive Committee (2002-2005);
Income & Other Tax subcommittee (Chair 2000-2002); Previously served as
Appointed Special Master, California State Bar Association for Search Warrants under Penal
Code §1524 (2001-2002).
Recent Pro Bono Activities:
Public
Counsel (610 South Ardmore Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005)
Bankruptcy Help Desk & Clinic
Public Law Center (601 W Civic Center Dr Santa
Ana, CA 92701) Bankruptcy Help Desk
Legal Experience:
7/2006 – Present; Harrington & Harrington, Long Beach;
High Tech Patent & Tax Law Practitioner: Continue to advise and work with clients on
intellectual property and taxation matters, prepare high technology patent, trademark and
copyright applications and legal research. Assist clients in setting up a technology
business to take advantage of tax provisions. Technical areas include electronics, optics,
microwave, chemical and mechanical.
3/1996-6/2006: Curtis L. Harrington & Associates, Long
Beach;
High Tech Patent Attorney & Intellectual Property
& Taxation Attorney:
Advise and work with clients on intellectual property and taxation matters, prepare high
technology patent, trademark and copyright applications and legal research. Assist clients
in setting up a technology business to take advantage of tax provisions. Technical areas
include electronics, optics, microwave, chemical and mechanical.
8/1991-2/1996 Hawes & Fischer, Newport Beach;
of Counsel: Served as the firm’s high technology Counsel in addition to
IP matters.
1990-1991 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, Newport Beach;
Associate Attorney:Local counsel for patent and trademark litigation matters,
prepare patentability opinions, perform legal research and prepare patent applications.
1987-1990 McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach;
Senior Intellectual Property Attorney: Evaluate, write and prosecute
patent docket. Patent cases include the chemical and electronic arts, especially
fiber optics.
1986-1987 The Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles;
Patent Attorney: Draft and prosecute patent applications, patent law
research. Patents drafted in capacitive sensor, current leak detector, controls,
logic/power isolation circuitry, power generation system, & heat exchange arts.
1985 Bernard Reiter P.C., Houston;
Patent Attorney: Prepared motions for patent litigation, & petition for
reexamination. Researched law and technology and prepared legal memoranda.
1983-1984 Private Practice, Houston;
Attorney: Private practice of law including civil and criminal matters. Suits
on account, trademark applications, partnership agreements, wills.
1982-1983 DODGE & BUSH, Houston;
Law Clerk: Investigated and analyzed the latest oil tool design and drilling
technology. Research related to patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.
Technical literature searches.
ENGINEER
1985-1986 Grace Petroleum, Oklahoma City;
Manager of Gas Plants: Report to the VP of Oil & Gas Contracts.
Responsibility for profit/loss for all gas plant systems. Analyzed and drafted Oil &
Gas and NGL purchasing and processing contracts. In charge of the design,
construction and economic analysis for all new gas treating plants. Approval authority for
plant operating invoices and subordinates' expense accounts. Supervised plant
engineer and plant personnel.
1984-1985 C.E.Randall, Houston;
Project/Process/Advisor: Custom designed small cryogenic natural gas liquids
plants. Design criteria included cost of gas volume shrinkage, cost of shrinkage BTU,
availability and cost of power, environmental constraints, return on investment,
availability of liquid transport, composition of the gas stream, contaminants removal,
sales gas requirements, and climatic conditions.
1981-1982 SUPERIOR OIL, Houston;
Process Engineer: Formulated process changes for cryogenic natural gas liquids
separation plants. The process changes maximized plant profitability despite
unfavorable price conditions generally. Recovered $500 THOUSAND DOLLARS which would
have been lost by recovering propane and ethane. Revised the basic engineering
contractor agreement to better identify the rights and duties of contracting parties.
1977-1980 ARAMCO, Saudi Arabia:
Project Engineer,(77-78): Supervised emergency
engineering design measures during the April gas oil separating plant
disaster. Directed the revision of engineering plant drawings. Reconfigured
plant fuel gas pressure and supply configuration.
Planning Engineer,(78-79): Wrote
computer program to generate a 20 year complete gas energy projection under
variable process and crude oil production for Eastern Province. The projection
eliminated six man months and the projection could be generated in an hour.
Budget Coordinator,(79-80): Formulated cost
and progress reports on spending for the 1979-86 ($23 Billion), and 1980-87 ($18 Billion)
7 year capital operating budgets. Directed Engineering Study Program & generated
cost reports on projects.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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