Patent Agent - Technology

1-8 yrs required

Full-time

No

A law firm in Palo Alto is seeking a Patent Agent - Technology with a focus on electrical arts, particularly display and battery technology, and optics. The candidate will be responsible for:

Job Overview:

• Supervised by an intellectual property partner
• Daily contact and guidance from all partners in the practice group
• Protecting inventions with technical merit while assuming significant client responsibilities
• Providing high-quality legal services to domestic and foreign clients

Duties:

• Preparing, filing, and prosecuting patent applications before the US Patent and Trademark Office
• Performing prior art searches and analysis
• Conducting patentability analysis
• Engaging in IP due diligence
• Developing client relationships through practice development activities
• Preparing substantive client correspondence
• Instructing local counsel for foreign filings and Office Actions
• Assisting in patent clearance studies and other patent-related opinion projects
• Analyzing scientific or technical documents for patentability, novelty, and inventiveness
• Converting prior provisional applications into utility applications
• Converting foreign filed applications into . applications
• Converting . applications into foreign applications

Requirements:

• Registered to practice before the . Patent and Trademark Office or eligible to sit for the USPTO patent agent exam
• Bachelor’s degree (or graduate degree) preferably in electrical engineering, computer science, physics, computer engineering, or mechanical engineering
• 2+ years of experience prosecuting or examining patent applications in the electrical arts, with a focus on display and battery technology and optics

Skills:

• Excellent writing and research abilities
• Proficiency in written and verbal communication
• Strong organizational skills

Benefits offered:

Total compensation package may include medical, financial, and other benefits (401(k), vacation, sick time, parental leave) depending on the position offered.

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