Patent Prosecution Attorney – Law Firm – Menlo Park, Calif.

Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP seeks an associate-level candidate with a technical ‎background in electrical engineering or equivalent (bachelor’s degree or higher from an ‎accredited college/university) as well as a law degree from an ABA-accredited law ‎school.  Candidate should have three to five years of experience in patent prosecution in ‎a law firm or in-house; industry experience is a plus.

Responsibilities include: review ‎invention disclosures, prepare and prosecute patent applications, analyze patent ‎portfolios, perform due diligence, patent validity and infringement analyses, and ‎coordinate international patent prosecution activities.  Candidate may be called upon to ‎provide patent litigation support as needed as well as be involved in contested ‎proceedings (inter partes review and covered-business method proceedings before the ‎Patent Trial and Appeal Board).  The ideal candidate should also have excellent ‎communication (verbal and written) and time management skills.   Must be admitted ‎before the US Patent & Trademark Office; California Bar admission is preferred.  ‎

Lewis Roca Rothgerber encourages a supportive, congenial work environment that ‎enables its professional management team and administrative staff to become integral ‎parts of your practice.  We offer qualified candidates a competitive salary ‎commensurate with experience and a full benefits package.   ‎

Contact
If you are interested in making Lewis Roca Rothgerber a part of your future, please send ‎your resume to Mary W. Kiley, Director of Lawyer Recruitment, at ‎Recruiting@LRRLaw.com.‎ Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate ‎on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ‎color, age, physical or mental disability, spousal affiliation, marital status, a serious ‎medical condition, genetic information, veteran status or any other basis prohibited by ‎federal, state or local law. ‎

Additional Info
Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Menlo Park, California

Lewis Roca Rothgerber has 250 lawyers with a broad range of legal expertise ‎throughout California, the Rocky Mountains, and the Southwestern United States and is ‎committed to helping local and national clients face a myriad of legal challenges. Lewis ‎Roca Rothgerber works closely with clients from the earliest stages of their technical ‎development, offering valuable advice about how to protect their inventions and ideas ‎in view of business strategies.‎