Senior Patent Counsel

Duties

• Managing patent office proceedings internally
• Drafting, filing, and litigating patent office proceedings, e.g., ex parte reexaminations
• Handling calls with decision makers
• Drafting motions and briefs
• Supporting senior attorneys with management of ongoing matters
• Support docketing, e-filing, deposit account, budgeting, and other IP functions
• Editing work product of colleagues, outside counsel
• Ammicus curiae drafting and support; comment drafting and support
• Contract, licensing, and other legal support services
• Legal writing, support, and other various legal duties

Requirements

• 5 years of PTAB (drafting petitions, filing, litigating, deposition) or relevant reexamination experience
• State Bar and Patent Registration Examination passage
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills

Preferred Additional Qualities

• Patent Office examination experience
• Algorithmic, Codec, And Other Code-based Subject Matter Experience
• Semiconductor, analog and integrated circuit, and fabrication experience
• Appellate and/or clerking experience
• EE or CS undergraduate degree
• Graduate Technical (MS, MA, or PhD) degree

Benefits

Aggressive, competitive benefits, with generous vacation and paid-for health insurance and profit-sharing; freedom to work from home when appropriate; maternity and paternity leave; financial support for bar associations and continuing legal education.

Schedule

Flexible schedule with the option to work from home when appropriate.

Pay

Aggressive, competitive compensation package.