Legal Staff Technical Specialist (Patent Agent) in Chicago, IL

Law Firm

Chicago, IL

Legal Staff Technical Specialist (Patent Agent) in Chicago, IL

Legal Staff

Min 2 yrs required

No

Patent Agent

We are seeking an agent with two or more years of experience in the technological fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or physics to join a team of attorneys working predominantly for high-volume clients. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

Excellent academics in the above-mentioned disciplines
Admitted to practice before the USPTO
Experience in the following areas:
Conducting inventor interviews
Drafting patent applications
Drafting responses to office actions and appeal-related papers
Conducting examiner interviews
Interfacing with in-house counsel
Additional prosecution procedures (., after final practice, pre-appeal brief review)
Experience in these additional areas is particularly beneficial but not required:
Preparing patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions
Working with foreign law firms for prosecution of foreign applications
Post-grant proceedings (., inter partes review, reexamination, reissue)

This position may be based out of one of our offices or fully remote.
 

For consideration, please submit your cover letter, resume, technical writing sample, and law school and undergraduate transcripts to Jennifer Pezan, Recruiting Coordinator, at , indicating the position for which you are applying in the subject line. We prefer direct inquiries from employment candidates.