Intellectual Property Specialist Job Description
[Insert company name here] is an established and successful law firm specializing in [insert key areas of focus here]
We’re looking for an Intellectual Property Specialist to generate, monitor, and verify annuity-related dates in a patent/trademark database.
Roles & Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Perform patent searches and investigate competitor technology
- Conduct patent clearance investigations
- Develop knowledge of business unit patent and trademark portfolios
- Develop knowledge of competitor IP
- Help maintain patent marking websites
- In coordination with company personnel and outside counsel, develop a strategy to grow the patent portfolio
- Review competitor patents and classify them
- Review work performed by outside counsel
- Draft patent applications and office action responses
- Interact with inventors and coordinate invention disclosures
- Review and draft license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and other contracts
- Provide support for IP litigation
- Conduct trademark searches and provide input on trademark filings
About you
- Degree in [insert specific degree industry here] management or other hard science
- Patent Agent with experience drafting patent application and Office Action responses preferred
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in patent searching, drafting, and prosecution
- Ability to manage patent activities of outside counsel
- [insert number of years] years of industry-related experience
- Hands-on ability
What you’ll get in return
The firm offers a generous benefits package along with compensation based on experience level and client orientation.
- Competitive compensation based on experience
- Medical insurance plan
- Dental insurance plan
- Vision insurance plan
- Contribution to life insurance plan
- 401k profit sharing
- Parking reimbursement
- Social, charity, and wellness events
To apply for the role or have a confidential discussion, contact us on [insert recruiter email address] or [insert recruiter phone number]