Geetha Karavoor

Experienced IP professional with Materials research background. Corporate IP experience >13 years at GE, IP firm experience ~20 months, Materials research experience of ~8 years. Experienced in developing IP portfolios aligned to products, patentability and landscape searches, whitespace analysis, claim scope analysis, validity analysis, freedom to operate search and analysis. Drafted >150 US & IN patent applications and >250 US OA responses. Filed >100 India patent applications and commensurate FER responses. Registered India Patent Agent. Certified Patent Agent from Patent Resource Group (PRG), US on US Patent Law. Experienced in handling IPO, USPTO, and WO patent life cycle. Exposed to EP and AU prosecutions. Experienced in collaborating with US, EP, IN, and CN scientists and IP counsels. Handled IP work products in various materials /ceramics related technological fields. Used Various document handling systems such as ANAQUA and DIAMS. Conducted IP trainings to in-house Scientists / Engineers. Trained colleagues to qualify as Indian Patent Agents. Have 10 US patent applications as a researcher. M.Sc (Engg) in Materials Science from IISc, Bengaluru.

• Conferred with RL Thakur Memorial Young Scientist Award by Indian Ceramic Society (2007)
• Received many “Impact” awards, “Applause” awards, “Above and Beyond” awards, “level – 4” awards, and “Team Excellence” awards from GE at various points in time of GE service.
• Award from ‘ELFUN” – A GE Voluntary organization dedicated to community service, for voluntary work with Sheela Kothawala Institute for deaf (SKID).
• Life member of Indian Ceramic Society.
• Completed Agile Project Management Course
• Attended Corporate Training on Building Essentials of Leadership Skills.

· Registered India Patent Agent (2011)

· Certified Patent Agent from Patent Resource Group (PRG), US in US Patent Law (2009)

· WON Certificate on Patent Search (2010)

· DL-101 Intellectual Property Certification from WIPO (2009)

· Six Sigma Green Belt (2003)

· Inventor in 7 granted US Patents and 3 US patent Applications

· Published 5 GE Global Research Internal Reports.

· Published 4 scientific papers based on academic research at IISc, Bengaluru.

· Secured first rank as well as the gold medal for MSc (Materials Science) from Mangalore University (1997)

· Actively represented GEITC, Bengaluru in the corporate sports tournament. Won corporate throw-ball championship (2003, 2004).

• GAS SENSOR AND METHOD OF MAKING, US 8739604, Kalaga Murali Krishna, Geetha Karavoor, John Patrick Lemmon, Jun Cui, Vinayak Tilak, Mohandas Nayak, Ravikumar Hanumantha, 06/03/2014
• GAS SENSOR AND METHOD OF MAKING, US 7827852, Jun Cui, John Patrick Lemmon, Kalaga Murali Krishna, Geetha Karavoor, Vinayak Tilak, Mohandas Nayak, Ravikumar Hanumantha, 11/09/2010
• MONODISPERSE NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING, US 7820124, Kalaga Murali Krishna, Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Mohan Manoharan, Geetha Karavoor, Shweta Saraswat, 10/26/2010
• CORE-SHELL CERAMIC PARTICULATE AND METHOD OF MAKING, US 7670679, Kalaga Murali Krishna, James Anthony Ruud, Geetha Karavoor, Balachandar Ramadurai, Mohan Manoharan, 03/02/2010
• SCINTILLATOR NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING, US 7449128, Kalaga Murali Krishna, Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Mohan Manoharan, Geetha Karavoor, 11/11/2008
• TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD INCORPORATING THE SAME, US 7138901, Hari Nadathur Seshadri, Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Amitabh Verma, Geetha Karavoor, David Joseph Sorg, 11/21/2006
• LUMINESCENT NANOMATERIALS POWDERS HAVING PREDETERMINED MORPHOLOGY AND METHOD OF MAKING, US 6979415, Kalaga Murali Krishna, Mohan Manoharan, Geetha Karavoor, Shweta Saraswat, Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, 12/27/2005
• GAS SENSOR AND METHOD OF MAKING, US 20090159447, Jun Cui, John Patrick Lemmon, Kalaga Murali Krishna, Geetha Karavoor, 06/25/2009
• INSULATING COATING WITH FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES, US 20040084112, Amitabh Verma, Luana Emiliana Iorio, K. Anand, Srinidhi Sampath, Kanchan Kumari, Geetha Karavoor, 05/06/2004
• HIGH PERMEABILITY SOFT MAGNETIC COMPOSITES, US 20040086708, Amitabh Verma, Luana Emiliana Iorio, K. Anand, Srinidhi Sampath, Robert John Zabala, Kanchan Kumari, Geetha Karavoor, 05/06/2004

• The Influence of Templated Synthesis Reactants in the Crystal Phase of Nanocrystalline YSZ for High- Temperature Conductive Applications
• Synthesis and High-Temperature Stabilization of Cubic Nanocrystalline YSZ Using a Fuel-Assisted Solution Synthesis (FASS) Method
• Synthesis and Optimization of YSZ/NiO Nanocomposites
• Synthesis and optimization of high surface area nanocrystalline LaFeO3 - a promising material for NOx sensors
• Wet-chemical process for high surface area rare earth cuprates

• Ceramic joining through reactive wetting of alumina with calcium aluminate refractory cements
• Thermal expansion behavior of barium and strontium zirconium phosphates
• Characterization of Polyolefin – Alumina compounded mix for FDC processing
• Alumina Ceramic Joining Using Calcium Aluminate Cements and Sintering Additives