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
• 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.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Skills

Strong technical background, willingness to explore diverse new technologies, particularly in video codecs, coding, cryptography, compression, signals, wireless communications, or other algorithmic subject matter, patent examination experience, clerking experience, familiarity with ongoing appellate issues affecting PTAB practice, ability to work independently and in a team, excellent English written and oral communication skills, additional qualities such as 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.

Qualifications

Must be willing to work within a team, work well independently, and enjoy writing and editing.