RESUME:
Mark C. Jacobs Born - Philadelphia, PA.
3033 El Camino Avenue Residence - Folsom, CA
Sacramento, CA. 95821
Phone - (916) 485-5000
Fax - (916) 485-9901

EDUCATION - Post Secondary
B.A. - Univ. of Penna., Phila. Pa. 1956, Chemistry Major
J.D. - Temple Univ., Phila. Pa. 1960, Law Degree
M.P.L.- Georgetown Univ. Washington D.C. 1961, Master of Law in Intellectual Property

Additional Course Work
Two Summers at Univ. of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisc.
Basic Radio & TV Electronics - U.S.D.A. Extension School, Wash. D.C.
Non-degree candidate, Business Administration 15 credits, Boston Univ., Boston Mass.

Bar Memberships; California Bar #55354; Washington D.C.; U.S. Patent Office Reg. #24043

Inventions-
U.S. Design Patents 287,084 & 328,078
U.S. Utility Patent 3,913,779

Employment-
U.S. Patent Office, Wash. D.C.; Patent Examiner 1961-66
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Mass.; Staff Patent Attorney 1966-68
Slick Corporation (aka U.S. Filter, post merger), N.Y.C. N.Y. Associate General Counsel & Patent Counsel, 1968-71
Aerojet General Corp. Sacramento, Ca. Division Patent Counsel, 1971-75
Private Legal Practice limited to Intellectual Property since 1975.

Academic and Literary Arena -
1. Organized & Coordinated 1 day seminar for U. Calif. Davis on Patent Trademark & Copyright Law.
2. Lecturer - Learning Exchange, Sacramento, Ca. Adult Ed
3. Author of 4 articles appearing in various issues of Sacra Blue, the journal of the Sacto. PC Users Group
4. Author of 3 part article in Daily Recorder (legal newspaper of Sacramento) entitled, "Now That I have A Patent, What Comes Next?, and author of "What Not To Name Your Product", for same publication

Other Accomplishments -
1. Member, Board of Directors, Towe Ford Museum ; Sacto. Ca. 1991 - 1994
2. Member, Board of Directors, Sister City Project, Moldavia- Sacramento, 1992
3. Member, House of Delegates, State Bar of Ca., 9 years
4. Wrote specification, sought bids and purchased 1st computer system for County bar Assn.
5. Chairman, Alumni Interview Committee for applicants to Univ. of Penna. from Northern Calif.; 8 years
6. Member Carmichael CA Community Counsel, an Admin. Board that reviews zoning matters; 2 years
7. Member of the corporate Advisory Board of UA, Inc., a Ca. Corporation
8. Member Sacramento Co. Bar Assn. Bar Counsel, 2001-

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