DAVID A. RARDIN, ESQ.
Vern Maine & Associates, Registered Patent Attorneys
547 Amherst Street, 3rd Floor - Nashua, NH 03063-4000
603-886-6100,   fax 603-886-4796
Email:  DRardin@VernMaine.com    Website: http://www.VernMaine.com

• Engineering/scientific background includes B.S. and advanced studies in physics. Industry experience comprises software, automation, communications, sensors, AI, business development/client interface; and scientific research. E.E. experience includes computer component testing in a nuclear environment to antenna design. Engineering responsibilities include all aspects of systems development, including government contracts.

Franklin Pierce Law Center (Scholarships), Concord, NH: Juris Doctor, 2007

University of Massachusetts at Lowell (U.S.A.F. Scholarship)
Bachelor of Science, Physics, 1980

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (E.T.H.) Advanced studies in physics 1979

• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEY & BUSINESS COUNSELOR – Associate; counsels corporate and individual clients on intellectual property including patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright law. Offers client and public presentations on intellectual property issues. Provides infringement and validity opinions. Conducts prior art screening searches; drafts provisional, utility, design, and Patent Cooperation Treaty patent applications for a wide variety of arts. Responds to Patent and Trademark Office actions; prepares trademark and copyright applications. Interfaces with clients, assisting with start-up and firm IP administration.

Rardin Patents/Synthetic Intellect Corporation, Campton, NH 1977 - 2006

• FOUNDER/PRESIDENT - Founded a “boutique” IP/technical consulting firm. Accustomed to overflow work with tight deadlines and minimal disclosure documentation. Experienced with multiple versions of the U.S.P.T.O.’s electronic filing system. Technical projects include e-commerce, web applications, and software development for clinical trials management (Biogen Idec, Inc.).

Science Applications International Corporation (S.A.I.C.), Stow, MA 1984 - 1997

• SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST - Member of team that developed/supported the FAA's Safety Performance Analysis System (SPAS, a web application providing risk analysis of air carriers in the U.S.).
• SYSTEM ARCHITECT - Principal architect/developer of Clinical Trials Assistant (CTA, automated clinical trials management system developed for Biogen Idec, Inc. to manage new drug trials).
• KNOWLEDGE ENGINEER - Client interface and software development for the Army Artificial Intelligence Center. Architect of Army Southcom “Cutthroat” expert system for drug interdiction throughout the Americas.
• COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMMER - Developed communication system to transmit safety report data between the FAA Center in Oklahoma City and remote flight safety offices.
• STAFF SCIENTIST - Antenna and communication system design, engineering, and testing for classified government clients. Nuclear hardness analysis and testing for military computer and ICBM systems.
  United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 1980 - 1984
• TEST DIRECTOR; PROGRAM MANAGER (OFFICER) - Physicist/Test Director of Joint U.S.A.F./Navy IR Search & Track System Pentagon Special Projects Office; Project Scientist on Millimeter Wave Transmissometer; Manager of Mobile IR Lab; Researcher on IR Propagation Program.
  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland 1979
• PHYSICS DEPARTMENT - Responsible for developing cryogenics testing equipment and for designing test equipment used in superconductivity and superfluidity experiments.