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Michael O’Keeffe (Riskmentor)

Michael was the winning Researcher for Study AUTO 442 – Method for Starting and Stopping an Engine. Michael is an Irish biotechnology expert who currently divides his time visiting family in Ireland, the UK, Spain and Canada. Michael works as a freelance patent searcher and Japanese to English translator, and he has lived in La Rioja in the North of Spain for the past three years.

"To succeed in solving an AOP patent prior art Study requires knowledge of the technology, an understanding of patents and a lot of determination to track down key references, but an ounce of inspiration or 'I-saw-that-somewhere-before' goes a long way..."

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Olivia is the recent Winner of Study AL 947 for which she was rewarded $20,000! Study AL 947 relates to the communication of selected information. Olivia received a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Currently residing in Raleigh, NC, Olivia works as a Patent Agent who focuses on validity and patentability issues.

"My training and work experience from the USPTO has been invaluable as a patent researcher. In my work, my clients appreciate my desire to ensure their intellectual property is novel and patentable." - Full Interview

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Ramesh L. Shahabadkar

Through his work with Article One Ramesh has received more than $20,000 in reward money and thousands of AOP profit sharing points!

Ramesh has been working with IT professionals and searching for documents for more than a decade. He was attracted to AOP because of the “good amount of technology information on the Article One website and the monetary reward.” Currently, Ramesh lives and works in Oman for the Ministry of Education...

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Glen Kotapish (clause8)

Glen brings a great deal of professional experience to Article One. Glen has his own patent research business in which he and others are contracted for their patent research skills. Glen won a Reward for Study EMER 911 — Location Detection for Mobile Phones.

"In any search, I look at it in a novelty sense and then get narrower and more specific with the claims. The exact process depends on technology and what results I see initially. Traditional classification searching is important. I usually start with broad searches and then narrow them, but not always..." - Full Interview

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Minerva Rivero (engr009)

Minerva joins Article One from Puerto Rico, where she currently resides. Minerva is one of the Winning Researchers for the DSI 279 Study regarding speech recognition patents and the EMER 911 Study regarding location detection for mobile phones.

"I like that it is a high-return investment of my time, a few hours of research can potentially turn into thousands of dollars... It’s also very satisfying because what AOP is doing is transcendental, particularly in this patent reform climate. AOP is a growing and productive community where interesting ideas are constantly flourishing and Advisors are an integral part of this dynamic; Advisors expose their ideas and AOP asks for our input in many initiatives."

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