Pillsbury is seeking a registered patent agent with expertise in electrical engineering and computer science.
Pillsbury is looking for a registered patent agent with at least two years of patent preparation and filing experience. 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.
Main Responsibilities:
The main responsibilities of this position 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,
- Under the supervision of a patent attorney, analyze the notice of reasons for refusal, prepare a reply,
- 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 licenses and other transactions.
Additional Obligations:
Other responsibilities for this position include:
- 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:
Candidates must be qualified as patent attorneys. The ideal candidate should be a registered patent agent with at least two years of her patent preparation and filing experience. Candidates ideally have experience writing software at multiple layers of the software stack, or have a degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or a related field. Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Data It helps if she’s familiar with science, machine learning, or natural language processing. Written ability in English is required. Successful candidates must possess excellent attention to detail, excellent interpersonal communication skills, high motivation, business orientation, team her player, ability to learn new technologies quickly, and excellent writing skills. Candidates should be able to effectively manage multiple issues simultaneously with varying deadlines and possess the necessary technical and analytical skills to conduct complex and in-depth analysis of patent-related issues. Candidates should also possess the interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with a diverse group of attorneys, staff, and clients, and to 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.
