PATENT - Key Persons

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• Owner of Triple Threat Fencing Academy

Mr. Bernard has been practicing law for more than 20 years in various fields, including intellectual property law (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition), business law, complex litigation, and appellate work. Mr. Bernard focuses his practice on emerging electrical, software, and mechanical technologies and represents a number of Fortune 500 companies, venture-funded start-ups, educational institutions, and entrepreneurial individuals in a variety of fields, including: industrial manufacturing, aviation, aerospace and defense electronics; automotive and autonomous technologies; electrical power systems; nuclear power and physics; computer and data networking; optics and optical networking; wireless and Ethernet technologies; data and network security and data analytics; semiconductors and silicon photonics; nanotechnology and precision metrology; high performance materials; metallurgy and mining; medical and surgical devices and orthopedic implants; advanced medical imaging; electronic medical records and bioinformatics; software and mobile applications; financial services; and construction and consumer products. Education B.S.E. Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan J.D., Northwestern University M.S. Aeronautical Management Technology, Arizona State University Mr. Bernard is the owner of Triple Threat Fencing Academy in Charlotte, NC. He trains mixed martial arts and is active in thoroughbred horse racing and other equine activities.

Mr. Cummins has been practicing patent law for more than 6 years. He has prepared and drafted over 150 patent applications. He has also drafted over 300 responses to official communications issued by the USPTO. Mr. Cummins technologies include propulsion systems, electric motors, A.I., power technologies, machine learning, neural networks, satellite and low-orbital vehicles, passenger commuter compartments, 3-D printing technologies and semi-conductor chip manufacturing and processing. Education: B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University J.D., William and Mary Law School Admitted: NC and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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• Retired

Mr. Clements has been involved with patents for 40 years, first as a USPTO primary examiner, and practicing law for 33 years in various intellectual property areas. Mr. Clements began his career at the USPTO, and has worked in private practice at leading law firms and in-house at B.F. Goodrich and KoSa (Hoechst Celanese) serving as the Chief Patent Counsel for the Fiber and Film Division. Mr. Clements has been Of Counsel with the Firm since 2016. Mr. Clements focuses his practice counseling clients with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights, opinions, and licensing and corresponding litigation in polymers, resins, fibers, chemical compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, and biotechnology. Mr. Clements advises clients in the U.S. and abroad and has been involved in patent and trademark matters in the U.S., Korea, France, Japan, and India, as well as having spent two-years in Germany actively participating in matters before the European Patent Office related to oppositions and appeals. In the U.S., Mr. Clements regularly practices before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Education B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati J.D., Law, George Mason University School of Law

Jennifer R. Knight joined Clements Bernard Walker (CBW) in July 2018 after working for 30 years at Eastman Chemical Company. Her career included technical and managerial assignments of increasing responsibilities before joining Eastman's legal department as an attorney specializing in Intellectual Property law in 2006. Dr. Knight has extensive experience in patent application drafting and prosecution, patent portfolio management, and preparing patentability, validity, and infringement opinions. Dr. Knight also has a strong transactional background. She has negotiated license agreements, joint development agreements, and master research agreements with universities as well as agreements for the purchase of patent rights. She advises clients on the need for and risks of confidentiality agreements when working with third parties and ensures agreements have an appropriate scope.

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• Member of the American Society of Association Executives

Mr. Walker has been practicing law for more than 30 years in intellectual property (IP) law, association law, and business law. He has extensive experience in IP strategy and litigation, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, business and transactional law, start-up funding, and complex corporate governance situations. Mr. Walker previously served as the Exec. Vice President, Chief Admin. Officer, & Gen. Counsel of Kuhlman Corporation; an NYSE-listed company. In that role, Mr. Walker was instrumental in growing revenue to over $1B and in a successful acquisition of Kuhlman by Borg Warner. Mr. Walker is a member of The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), The Georgia Society of Executives (GSAE) and numerous local and national business and non-profit organizations. Further, Mr. Walker is the Founder, President & CEO of the Georgia Automotive Manufacturers Association (GAMA), for which he recently received the prestigious State of Georgia Automotive Leader of the Year. Education B.Ch.E, Chemical Engineering, University of Detroit Master of Eng., University of Detroit J.D., University of Detroit Business Executive Program, University of Michigan