Pillsbury is seeking a registered patent agent with biotechnology expertise.
Pillsbury is looking for a Registered Patent Attorney with 3+ years of experience in patent preparation and prosecution. This is a full-time, full-time employee located in California (San Diego, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, San Francisco), Texas (Austin), or Virginia (Northern Virginia).
With more than 100 IP attorneys worldwide, Pillsbury provides clients with successful, comprehensive IP strategies to protect, manage, assert, defend and exploit their IP assets. . Our dynamic team consists of professional engineers, scientists and lawyers with advanced degrees in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, biology, chemistry, physics and computer science.
Responsibilities are:
- development and implementation of patent filing strategies;
- Conducting interviews with clients to obtain invention disclosures,
- preparation of a patent application under the supervision of a patent attorney,
- Rejection analysis and response preparation under the supervision of an intellectual property partner or attorney
- interviews with patent office examiners,
- other patent prosecution-related activities;
- assisting in the formulation and preparation of infringement and validity opinions;
- Work on post-grant procedures,
- assist in patent and other litigation;
- Support intellectual property licensing and other transactions;
- writing scientific and technical documents in clear and concise English,
- Effectively manage multiple clients and deadline dockets,
- Conduct legal and technical research and analysis using all available resources to support various patent-related issues
- We work closely with our attorneys, other agents and staff to research inventions and develop specifications using our technical expertise in the field.
- Comply with the ethical requirements set by our professional liability insurance company.
- Perform various other tasks as requested/needed.
Required qualifications:
- PhD Biological Science, preferably Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, Cell and Gene Therapy, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, or Genetics,
- Passing the patent agent examination,
- 3+ years of patent preparation and filing experience,
- excellent attention to detail,
- strong interpersonal communication skills,
- Must be highly motivated, business minded and a team player.
- You should be able to learn new technologies quickly and have a strong ability to write scientific and technical documents in clear, concise English.
- You must be able to effectively manage multiple deals with different deadlines simultaneously.
- Must possess the technical and analytical skills necessary to perform complex, in-depth analysis of patent-related matters.
- Must possess the interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with a diverse group of attorneys, staff, and clients and provide information in a courteous manner, in person, electronically, or over the phone.
Interested Candidates:
Interested candidates are asked to submit their resume, transcripts and writing samples via email to our hiring manager, Angela Sanford.
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About Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP:
Pillsbury is an international law firm with a particular focus on the areas of technology and life sciences, energy, finance, real estate and construction. Recognized by Chambers USA, IAM Patent 1000, US News Best Law Firms and The Legal 500 US, Pillsbury’s patent team is recognized for all aspects of patent prosecution, optimization, enforcement and protection. Pillsbury has extensive patent protection for national and international organizations. We filed over 3,900 of his patent applications, obtained nearly 1,600 patents annually for our clients, managed thousands of domestic and foreign patents, and assisted in optimizing patent value through licensing agreements. doing.
