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In-House
Legal Staff
Intellectual Property
Litigation - Whistleblower - CFTC
Min 5 yrs required
Patent Paralegal The candidate will be responsible for timely, independent management of complex intellectual property (IP) administrative and legal support tasks. Proactive involvement in a high performing team providing a diverse range of complex IP administrative support to NIBR patent practitioners in US, international and foreign filing. Maintain and manage a complex, accurate docket, using a patent docketing system. Provides expert knowledge and understanding of IP law and practice issues. And undertakes operational and strategic responsibilities to maximize the effectiveness of paralegal support at a local and global level. Filing of US, international and foreign patent applications and related correspondence from filing to issue. Responsible for US and international patent filings, patent nationalizations into the US and foreign jurisdictions, as well as foreign filings under other conventions; responsible for preparing all documents required in connection with US, PCT and foreign applications; preparation of simple responses to official communication and notifications. Maintain and share expert knowledge of latest patent rules, both domestic and foreign and adapting practices to comply. Monitor and updating both electronic dockets for responsible attorney and assigned paralegal tasks on a daily basis. Monitor all assigned cases and proactively ensuring that all related deadlines are met in a timely manner. Independent, proactive and critical review, maintenance and assistance to responsible attorney(s)' dockets and workload. Coordinate outsourcing, transfer in and transfer out of patent files and responsibilities in a timely and efficient manner, minimizing risk of loss of rights. Undertake projects to address global prosecution and services issues affecting department. Communicate effectively with colleagues, inventors, foreign agents and other associates. Actively participate in patent group and cross-divisional meetings. And role may include administrative tasks, patent services data input and invoice processing. Bachelor's degree and paralegal certificate or equivalent experience English written and spoken required. Must have 5+ years of professional experience as a patent paralegal in a patent law firm or corporation with US, international and foreign filing experience.
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