My Background and Focus
Natalie Ostrom is a Senior Paralegal with the firm’s Patent Prosecution Team. She corresponds regularly with clients and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) and is involved in preparing and filing new Canadian National Phase Entries and Direct filings, Declaration and Assignment submissions, payment of maintenance fees, prior art submissions, and voluntary amendments. She also works as a Client Finance Specialist with MBM’s finance team, preparing monthly client invoices.
Education
- Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate – Algonquin College
Services
Industries
- Aerospace, Aeronautics & Aviation
- Agricultural Sciences
- Alternative Energy & Cleantech
- Architecture & Construction
- Artificial Intelligence & Artificial Reality
- Automotive & Transportation
- Biotechnology & Pharma
- FinTech, Blockchain & NFTs
- Cannabis & Psychedelics
- Chemistry
- Software & Computer Applications
- Consumer Products & Retail
- Defence & Security
- Electronics
- Fashion, Cosmetics & Luxury Goods
- Hospitality, Food & Beverage
- Mechanical, Manufacturing & Machinery
- Medical Devices
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Semiconductors, Physics & Optics
- Telecommunications
My life outside of work
I love the outdoors, especially camping and hiking. Breathing fresh air, enjoying the beauty of rivers and lakes, and looking for the creatures that live in these areas (like salamanders and frogs) make life exciting and keep me grounded. Since I’m a fair-weather camper, once the weather turns colder (for about eight months here in Kingston, Ontario), I turn to my indoor hobbies: knitting, reading, and watching movies.
My other passion benefits not only me but my family and friends as well. I love to bake, but not just any baking, I especially love to design and create custom made cakes and cupcakes. It brings me joy to help celebrate someone’s birthday with a specially designed cake. I love creating cute animal cupcakes for kids’ birthdays, it amazing to watch the kids’ faces light up when they see their treats!
5 things Natalie can’t live without
- 1my family
- 2books
- 3hiking
- 4baking
- 5time spent near/on the water
Rapid Fire Questions
- On Sunday mornings, you can usually find me... on a hike with my family
- If I were a superhero, my superpower would be… mind control, but I promise only to use for good!
- Favourite TV show:I couldn’t just pick one, but top of my list is probably “Pushing Daisies” and “Futurama”
- Favourite book/author:There are many books I love, but Shogun by James Clavell is definitely in the top 5
- Favourite music genre: Alternative rock
- Favourite dish/cuisine: Thai and Japanese
- Favourite dessert: Chocolate cake (preferably homemade)
- At which store would you like to max-out your credit card?At a baking supply store
- If you were king/queen for a day, what would be your first rule that you would change? That companies would be held fully accountable for the environmental and societal impacts their policies and business choices bring about
- If you could eat only 3 foods for the rest of your life, what would they be? Mango, chocolate, and Asian inspired noodle salad
- If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Somewhere I could regularly see Manta Rays – Fiji, Australia, Maldives, Hawaii
One of my favourite baking creations - treasure chest cake
Blues spotted salamander - my favourite and rare to find!
Loved baking these 'sloth birthday cupcakes' for my daughter
