Chicago intellectual property law firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP seeks a patent agent to work in the Firm’s electrical arts group. The ideal candidate will have 2 – 4 years experience preparing and prosecuting U.S. patent applications, conducting patent searches and patentability analyses, and oversee prosecution of foreign patent applications. Candidate must be registered to practice with the USPTO and hold a B.S. or M.S. in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
Patent Attorney / Agent – Law Firm – Northbrook, Ill.
Rosenbaum & Silvert, P.C., 
a Chicago-based law firm, is seeking a registered patent attorney or agent with at least 3 years of patent prosecution experience. Candidate preferably has experience in technologies involving one or more of: medical devices, biomaterial sciences, biomedical engineering, and diagnostics; and/or software applications. Candidates at partner-level with portables also welcome.
Rosenbaum & Silvert was founded in 1988 and is a growing, full-service boutique IP firm. Our practice includes a very active domestic and international patent prosecution docket, licensing, counseling, and litigation - across all IP fields.
Contact:
Apply online by emailing the firm at: dgr@rosenbaumsilvert.com.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Northbrook, Illinois
Patent Associate / Agent – Law Firm – Denver, Colo.
The 
Denver office of Perkins Coie is seeking a patent prosecution associate with 2-4 years of prosecution experience or a patent agent with 4 or more years of experience to join its growing patent prosecution practice. Candidates must have a background in electrical engineering, computer science or physics. Strong academic credentials, excellent references, and superb written and oral communication skills are required.
Candidates must be admitted to the USPTO; attorney candidates must be admitted to practice law in Colorado. The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter seeking increasing levels of challenge and responsibility in a dynamic environment.
Contact:
Qualified applicants should email their resume, law school transcript and cover letter to lawyerhiringDEN@perkinscoie.com.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Denver, Colorado
Patent Associate – Law Firm – Austin, Texas
Zagorin O’Brien Graham LLP, 
an Austin-based intellectual property practice, seeks patent attorneys with 2+ years legal experience and experience in circuit design, signal processing, digital communications, computer architecture, and semiconductor technologies. Electrical engineering degree and excellent academic credentials required. Industry experience preferred.
Contact:
Zagorin O’Brien Graham LLP
7600 N. Capital of Texas Hwy
Building B, Suite 350
Austin, TX 78731
Email: recruiting@ip-counsel.com
Phone: 512-338-6312
Fax: 512-338-6301
www.ip-counsel.com
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Austin, Texas
Junior to Mid-level Associate (IP & Patent Prosecution) – Law Firm – Houston, Texas or Atlanta, Ga.
King & Spalding 
seeks a junior to mid-level patent prosecutor for its intellectual property practice group in Atlanta or Houston. Candidates should have a minimum of two years of prior law firm experience and excellent academic credentials; prior industry/technical experience is also desirable. An undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science or electrical engineering is strongly preferred for this position, though other technical engineering degrees will also be considered.
Contact:
To apply for Atlanta, please send a resume and law school transcript to amiele@kslaw.com. To apply for Houston, please send a resume and law school transcript to crosenzweig@kslaw.com.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Houston, Texas or Atlanta, Georgia
Patent Prosecution Associate – Law Firm – Washington, DC
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., a premiere intellectual property law firm in Washington, D.C., is seeking an experienced patent attorney to join its patent practice in the electrical/computer fields of technology. The position will provide the opportunity to work on a wide variety of patent prosecution, opinion, litigation and counseling matters in the electrical and computer arts with quality domestic and foreign clients. The ideal candidate will possess an undergraduate or advanced degree in electrical engineering and/or computer engineering/science and have 3-6 years of patent preparation and prosecution experience. Must be registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Superior academic credentials and excellent written and verbal communication skills are also required. Competitive salary and benefits.
Contact:
To apply for this position, please submit your cover letter, resume, transcripts and writing sample to Ms. Halle Sabo Kraus, Recruiting & Human Resources Manager, by email to recruiting@rfem.com or by fax to 202-783-6031. Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Washington, DC
Associate Attorney – Law Firm – Pasadena, Calif.
Sheldon Mak & Anderson, 
a Pasadena, California IP boutique, is seeking an attorney with 2 to 5 years experience in IP litigation. Must be a member of the CA Bar, member of the Patent Bar preferred.
Contact:
Apply by emailing the firm at smrarecruit@yahoo.com.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Pasadena, California
Patent Prosecution Associate or Agent – Law Firm – Portland, Ore.
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, a mid-size law firm focusing exclusively on Intellectual Property law, is actively seeking lateral patent prosecution associates or patent agents with computer science, physics, or electrical engineering degrees for its office located in Portland, Oregon. Candidates should have excellent academic credentials (top 33% of class minimum, top 10% strongly preferred) and at least 1-4 years of experience prosecuting patent applications for computer software or electronics. Excellent writing, interpersonal, and communication skills are required. Relevant industry experience or an advanced degree is preferred.
Located in one of the country’s most beautiful and livable cities, Klarquist Sparkman offers its attorneys a challenging and rewarding career representing top-tier software clients, including Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Infosys. The firm’s compensation and benefits package is highly competitive with other top-level firms in the Pacific Northwest. To learn more about the firm please visit our website at www.klarquist.com.
Contact:
Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, transcripts (law school, undergraduate, and graduate (if applicable) and a writing sample by mail or email to:
Human Resources
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
121 SW Salmon, Suite 1600
Portland, Oregon 97204
recruiting@klarquist.com
503-595-5300
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Portland, Oregon
IP Partner (Lateral) – Law Firm – Irvine, Calif.
Luce Forward 
seeks to expand its patent and trademark prosecution and litigation practices in its Orange County office. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of seven years experience prosecuting or litigating patent and trademark matters. Luce Forward seeks quality personnel who have technical backgrounds in biotechnology, medical devices, software, or electrical engineering. Patent prosecutors must be registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A portable book of business is required.
Contact:
Send letter and résumé to ocrecruiting@luce.com.
Additional Info:
Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Irvine, California
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP is a full-service California law firm with a national reputation in more than 30 different areas of law. Since its founding in San Diego in 1873, Luce Forward has grown to become home to over 140 attorneys in six offices statewide including San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Carmel Valley/Del Mar, Orange County and Rancho Santa Fe.
IP Patent Prosecution Junior / Mid-Level Associate – Law Firm – Philadelphia, Pa.
The 
Philadelphia office of Morgan Lewis, an international law firm with nearly 1,300 attorneys in 23 offices, is seeking to hire a highly motivated, junior or mid-level associate for our Intellectual Property Practice.
Candidates must have patent prosecution experience in the fields of life sciences, biomedical engineering and/or chemical engineering. Candidates must possess excellent academic credentials and strong research, writing, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Although not required, candidates with experience in patent diligence and technology transfer are desirable. Candidates must be registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior examiner experience and Pennsylvania Bar membership is preferred.
Contact:
For more information and to apply online please visit: http://www.morganlewis.com/index.cfm/positionID/bd7c3fd9-2625-4add-aa6c-437133998fbc/fuseaction/jobs.detail/bnodeID/B58EDABC-0F2E-4D2E-8EE0-8BEE9CAC14A1.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Experienced Patent Attorney (Life Sciences) – Law Firm – Indianapolis, Ind.
Ice Miller LLP 
is one of the largest law firms in Indianapolis and is nationally recognized in many of its practice areas. Founded in 1910, the firm has grown to over 230 attorneys with additional offices in Chicago and DuPage County, Illinois; and Washington, D.C.
Our Indianapolis office is seeking an experienced patent attorney with five or more years of legal experience serving clients in the life sciences industry. The candidate must be registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Our preference is for a candidate with a degree in a life sciences discipline (e.g., molecular or cell biology, biochemistry, organic chemistry, or genetics). Other intellectual property or business experience is also preferred.
Candidate must excel in team environment and have the personality to develop and implement networking skills both externally and internally. Must be a highly motivated self-starter, with excellent business judgment and flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
The successful candidate will perform a broad range of legal functions in Ice Miller's Intellectual Property Practice Group. Attorneys in this group are experienced in patent prosecution in all technological areas, licensing, technology transactions, intellectual property protection and enforcement, and general intellectual property strategies.
Applicants should have excellent law school and undergrad credentials and references.
Contact:
All applicants must apply online at www.icemiller.com. Applications must include a cover letter, resume, law school and undergraduate transcripts and references, and please refer to this Patently-O job posting.
Ice Miller is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Patent Attorney – Law Firm – Syracuse, N.Y.
Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP, a Central New York intellectual property law firm has immediate openings for Patent Attorneys.
Candidates must have a minimum of three years experience in patent prosecution and/or litigation. Candidates should also be registered to practice before the USPTO. While qualified candidates of all technical disciplines will be considered, backgrounds in computer science and electrical engineering are preferred.
The firm's growing intellectual property practice focuses on patent and trademark prosecution as well as litigation of disputes for clients that include regional and national Fortune 100 companies. In offering a generous compensation package, the firm seeks to attract highly qualified candidates interested in developing a sophisticated law practice while maintaining a healthy work-life balance in Central New York. Visit our website at:http://www.cny-iplaw.com.
Contact:
Please email resumes in confidence to ip@cny-iplaw.com. No recruiters, please.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Central New York
Patent Prosecution Attorney – Law Firm – Cincinnati, Ohio
Frost Brown Todd LLC, 
one of the 150 largest law firms in the United States with a top rated Midwest intellectual property practice, seeks a Patent Prosecution Associate with at least 3 years of experience. Applicants should have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, excellent academic credentials, writing and communication skills and be capable of independent and creative work. Initially the candidate will be located in our Cincinnati office with the possibility to relocate to one of our other offices after meeting training requirements.
Contact:
To learn more about us and the communities we serve, we invite you to visit our home page at www.frostbrowntodd.com. Send resume, law school and undergraduate transcripts and writing samples to:
Karen Laymance
Frost Brown Todd LLC
2200 PNC Center
201 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Or, by email to klaymance@fbtlaw.com.
Frost Brown Todd LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Patent Associate – Law Firm – Cincinnati, Ohio
Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P., 
a Cincinnati-based intellectual property law firm, is seeking an associate to join our growing Cincinnati office of over 50 attorneys. For over 140 years, Wood, Herron & Evans (www.whepatent.com) has served the intellectual property legal interests of technology and consumer product companies of all sizes, government agencies, universities, individuals, and start-up ventures. Many of our clients have been with the firm for decades. The associate will be involved in all aspects of the firm's intellectual property practice with an emphasis on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications within their technical area of expertise.
Our ideal candidate must have a degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related field with demonstrable academic success, and must have passed a state bar and be registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Two to four years of legal experience in a law firm or corporate environment are preferred. A candidate must demonstrate exceptional writing and analytical skills. An advanced degree, prior experience as an Examiner, and/or industry experience will be favorably considered. Benefits include a competitive salary; great work environment; medical benefits; and a 401(k)/retirement program.
Contact:
Interested candidates should e-mail a cover letter, resume, and transcripts to jobapp@whepatent.com.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Patent & TM Prosecutors – Law Firm – Los Angeles, Calif. (Updated)
The Los Angeles office of Ladas & Parry, LLP, an international intellectual property law firm, is seeking experienced intellectual property prosecutors with any one of the following: 1) registration as a patent agent/attorney before the USPTO and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering; 2)registration as a patent agent/attorney before the USPTO, a bachelor's degree in chemistry, and some portable book of business; and 3) at least two years of trademark prosecution experience with a self-supporting book of business.
Contact:
if you are interested in applying for any of these positions, please submit your resume and cover letter to atresume@ladas.com.
Additional Info:
Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Los Angeles, California
Senior Licensing & Technology Attorney – Law Firm – Denver or Boulder, Colo. (or other)
Holland & Hart is seeking a senior licensing and technology transactional attorney with 10+ years of relevant experience to join our telecommunications, licensing and technology group in our Denver or Boulder, CO office, or, depending on various other factors and if preferred by a qualified candidate, our Salt Lake City, UT or Boise, ID office.
Candidates must have been engaged in a partner-level practice, preferably with large firm/client experience. Book of business not required, but may help provide flexibility as to office location.
Contact:
Please send resume, cover letter and law school transcript to:
Dan Wille
Holland & Hart LLP
P.O. Box 8749
Denver, CO 80201-8479
Or, email to dpwille@hollandhart.com.
Also, please include job reference #71910. Holland & Hart LLP is an equal opportunity employer. No unsolicited resumes from search firms, please.
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Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Denver or Boulder, CO office, or, depending on various other factors and if preferred by a qualified candidate, our Salt Lake City, UT or Boise, ID office.
Licensing & Technology Attorney – Law Firm – Denver or Boulder, Colo. (or other)
Holland & Hart is seeking a senior licensing and technology transactional attorney with 5+ years of experience to join our telecommunications, licensing and technology group in Boulder, CO, Denver, CO, Salt Lake City, UT, or Boise, ID (candidate's choice).
Candidates must have an outstanding academic record, demonstrate superior drafting and communication skills, and have experience with large firm/client practice and expectations. Demonstrable business development success a bonus. References will be required.
Contact:
Please send resume, cover letter and law school transcript to:
Dan Wille
Holland & Hart LLP
P.O. Box 8749
Denver, CO 80201-8479
Or, email to dpwille@hollandhart.com.
Holland & Hart LLP is an equal opportunity employer. No unsolicited resumes from search firms, please.
Additional Info:
Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Denver or Boulder, CO office, or, depending on various other factors and if preferred by a qualified candidate, our Salt Lake City, UT or Boise, ID office.
Patent Prosecutor – Law Firm – Los Angeles, Calif.
The Los Angeles office of Ladas & Parry, LLP, an international intellectual property law firm, is seeking an experienced patent prosecutor with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and preferably some book of business.
Contact:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter to atresume@ladas.com.
Additional Info:
Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Los Angeles, California
Patent Associate/Agent – Law Firm – Washington D.C.
Rabin & Berdo, PC, a boutique IP law firm in downtown Washington, D.C., is seeking a bi-lingual IP attorney/agent with an undergraduate and/or graduate degree(s) preferably in electrical engineering or physics, to work in a friendly, casual, and cooperative environment with opportunities for professional advancement.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate must be proficient in reading and writing in both the English and Japanese languages, have excellent analytical & writing skills, and preferably have prosecution expertise in electrical engineering, software, optics, semiconductors, physics, telecommunications, and/or digital signal processing. An otherwise qualified candidate with experience in other engineering disciplines will also be considered.
Responsibilities:
Will primarily include patent preparation and prosecution in diverse fields of technology with emphasis on electrical engineering, semiconductors and computer hardware and software. The candidate will have opportunities for involvement in other intellectual property areas including preparation of patentability, and validity opinions, and trademark prosecution. The candidate will be required to communicate with various Japanese clients, prepare translations as needed, and periodically travel to Japan. Representative clients include national and multinational corporations. Flexible work hours available.
Contact:
Interested candidates please send resume and cover letter to firm@rabinberdo.com.
Additional Info:
Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Washington, D.C.
U.S. Patent Attorney – Law Firm – Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya International Patent Firm is a leading Japanese intellectual property firm located in Nagoya, Japan. We are seeking a US attorney having a Juris Doctor (J.D.) with admission to a state bar and registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In general, the job will entail overseeing foreign prosecution, providing opinions concerning US patents, provided advice/support on litigation and transactional matters, updating our firms attorneys on current U.S. practice and legal decisions, general advice concerning copyright/trademark matters, and other legal advice. Preferred candidates will have at least 2-5 years of experience working in a law firm or in-house with significant prosecution experience. A degree in mechanical or electrical engineering is preferred, although other disciplines will be considered. The candidate is not required to speak Japanese. A minimum 2-year contract is required. Salary will be negotiated based upon work experience.
Nagoya is the 4th largest city in Japan, located between Tokyo and Osaka on the bullet train, and is home to Toyota Motor Company, among many other multinational companies. We have employed US patent attorneys at our office, and have a demonstrated ability to make that transition work for both parties involved. You can find more information at: http://www.patent.gr.jp/english/index.html.
Contact:
Apply by emailing the firm at info@patent.gr.jp.
Additional Info:
Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Nagoya, Japan