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.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Houston, Texas or Atlanta, Georgia
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.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Washington, DC
Pegasystems Inc. is seeking a Patent Agent to assist Senior IP Counsel in providing IP thought leadership by strategically developing and maintaining company’s patent portfolio with an eye towards supporting the company’s business objectives.
Responsibilities: • Work closely with Pegasystems’ technical, legal and business team members in the process of researching, generating and evaluating new patent ideas for the patent portfolio • Assist with developing and implementing patent strategies • Prepare and prosecute US and foreign patent applications, freedom to operate and validity evaluations, and technology related agreements •Oversee and manage the work of outside patent and IP counsel • Assist with researching competitor products/portfolios • Assist with researching and evaluating potential patent acquisition targets • Other responsibilities and key result areas will be assigned as required
Functional Expertise: • Strong technical writing/software patent drafting skills (min. 10-15 patent applications in the software field) • Passionate about, and have a good understanding (including current and historical knowledge of products, standards, and technical literature) of software technology and innovation in that field • Superior English written and oral communication skills • Strong research and analysis skills along with an interest in legal issues concerning patents • Training or practical experience with patent classification systems and/or patent search tools (e.g., Innography, Thomson IP) is strongly desirable. • Possesses the appropriate level of technical/functional expertise and knowledge • Understands and applies procedures, regulations, and policies related to areas of specialized expertise • Utilizes technology-based tools and processes • Continuous learning and development • Customer service orientation • Results oriented
Behavioral and Interpersonal: • Adaptability and Flexibility • Listening • Communication • Role modeling • Team work
Sphere of Influence: Company-wide for all IP issues with a special focus on patents
Education and Experience Requirements: Minimum Level of Education: Preferred registered patent attorney or agent with at least an undergraduate degree in Computer Science Type of Experience and Minimum Number of Years: 2-3 years of software patent prosecution experience is required. Prior experience as a patent examiner and/or IP transactional experience is highly desirable
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.
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
Additional Info: Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Portland, Oregon
Due to recent growth, Amneal Pharmaceuticals seeks a Director, Global Intellectual Property to support product selection, and development activities within the context of the Hatch-Waxman Act.
Secondary Functions: · Assessment of in-licensing opportunities/associated due diligence activities · Litigation support (periodically) · Training employees on various IP related topics
Job Requirements: · M.S., Ph.D, or Pharm.D. in pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences or chemistry and JD from an accredited law school. · US Patent Office Registration preferred · Understanding of the US drug approval process strongly preferred · 3 to 5 years of experience in the legal department of a pharmaceutical company or law firm environment working closely with pharmaceutical industry clients · This role does not manage others directly, however it does require working closely with other corporate functions and leading the communication of specific processes. · Ability to use sound judgments, analysis (business and legal), and the ability to independently develop solutions in the IP area. · Ability to work collaboratively, in a team environment, · Strong organizational skills · Exceptional interpersonal, communication (written and verbal) skills, and strong initiative/self starter · Limited Local travel
Allerganis seeking a Senior Patent Counsel to work in Irvine, California. Position reports directly to Chief IP Counsel. Responsibilities will include advising the company on IP issues, supervising outside counsel, and developing and coordinating IP strategy for the company. This position works on a broad spectrum of IP issues, and specific duties include origination and prosecution of patents, domestic and international, patentability, infringement and validity opinions, patent oppositions, collaboration and licensing agreements, IP due diligence, IP related transactions, and litigation support.
Requirements: • Minimum of 8 to 15 years of legal experience. • Law degree from a superior law school and a chemistry, biology or other life science undergraduate degree. • Large law firm training. • Corporate experience. • Member of a state bar. • USPTO registration. • Strong knowledge of US patent office procedures and practice. • Experience managing legal and non legal staff. • Substantial experience in domestic and foreign patent prosecution. • Substantial experience in IP due diligence and IP related transactions. • Exposure to a wide range of intellectual property matters in areas including patent origination and prosecution, opinions, licensing, IP due diligence, IP related transactions, international expertise, internal processes around intellectual property development, conflict resolution and intellectual property litigation. • Strong background in pharmaceutical or biotech field. • Member of the California State Bar preferred. • Strong leadership and decision making skills desired. • Superior negotiating skills desired. • Ability to work with a great deal of autonomy desired. • Strong communication skills desired. • Interpersonal ability to inspire confidence among senior management and outside counsel.
Stanford Law School invites applications for the position of Director of its soon-to-be-launched Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic (“Juelsgaard Clinic”). The appointment will begin for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Once it is up and running, the Juelsgaard Clinic will be one of ten clinical programs making up the Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School (the Juelsgaard Clinic is the successor to the Law School’s acclaimed Cyberlaw Clinic). It will provide students opportunities to work as lawyers, on behalf of the clinic’s clients, in advocating that intellectual property law and regulatory policy be developed in manners that are keenly sensitive to the goals of promoting innovation and creativity. The clinic will also work together with various Stanford Law School centers and technology and innovation leaders in Silicon Valley.
Working under the close supervision of the Director and a Clinical Teaching Fellow, the Juelsgaard Clinic will engage students in using numerous tools, on behalf of the Clinic’s clients, to advocate for sound policies that stimulate the types of innovation that have been, and will continue to be, the engines through which the lives and welfare of the world’s inhabitants are improved.
We anticipate that the Clinic’s work will focus on representing the interests of its clients (primarily non-governmental organizations) in a wide array of subject areas involving the promotion of vital innovation, including:
· Biotechnology; · Information technology; · Pharmaceuticals; · Clean technology; and · Innovations in the creation and distribution of information.
The particular matters to be handled by the Juelsgaard Clinic will be determined by the Clinic Director, although decisions about the overall direction of the Juelsgaard Clinic’s work will be made in consultation with the Law School’s Director of Clinical Education and several other faculty members.
The vehicles the Juelsgaard Clinic will use to promote its clients’ interests will vary in accordance with the context. We anticipate they will include:
· Drafting and distribution of White Papers on key issues relating to the impact of policies on the promotion of innovation; · Filing Amicus Curiae briefs on behalf of clients in key cases; · Drafting legislation and proposed regulations; · Commenting and testifying on proposed bills and regulations; and · Promulgating “best practices” that universities and other institutions can use to promote innovation among the members of their communities.
As with other Clinics at Stanford Law School, students enrolled in the Juelsgaard Clinic (typically 8-10 students) will spend an entire quarter (approximately 12 weeks) devoted entirely to the work of the Clinic on a full-time basis (i.e., enrolled in no other classes). This model is quite unique among law school clinics. At the end of the quarter, students generally transfer responsibility on open matters to other students, but may (at the director’s discretion) retain some continuing duties with respect to particular matters as Advanced Clinic students, depending on the circumstances. Each individual clinic works with a set of full-time students during two quarters each year.
Duties of the Director of the Juelsgaard Clinic include:
· Developing the clinic’s operating plan; · Directly supervising Stanford law students; · Identifying and developing clients; · Managing all projects and clients; · Developing the curriculum; · Supervising and collaborating with the Clinical Teaching Fellow and staff; · Teaching the clinical seminar during the two quarters each academic year that the clinic is working with sets of new students; · Collaborating with clinical and other faculty at the Law School; · Attending conferences and interacting with faculty at other institutions; · Assisting in the development of additional resources; · Participating in faculty governance at the Law School (depending on the status of the appointment, as discussed below); and · Acting as liaison with the public and the Law School community.
The appointment as Director of the Juelsgaard Clinic will be accompanied, depending on experience, by either (a) a professorial appointment to the clinical faculty, or (b) an appointment for a three-year term as a Lecturer, with the anticipation that the Director will be evaluated for possible appointment to the clinical faculty in his or her third year at the Law School.
We seek candidates with the following qualifications:
· Distinguished practice experience for at least ten years as a lawyer in areas relating to intellectual property and innovation (although slightly less experience may suffice in exceptional circumstances); · Demonstrated excellence in clinical teaching (or the supervision of law students) or demonstrated potential for such excellence in teaching or supervision; · Strong commitment to clinical education; · An academic record that demonstrates the capacity to be an active participant in the Law School’s academic community, the national intellectual property and clinical-education communities; · Membership in the California State Bar, or a willingness to take the examination necessary for admission within one year of the commencement of employment; · Excellent writing and analytic skills; · Experience and ability to direct large projects; · Ability to work in a self-directed and entrepreneurial environment; and · A track record of working well in a collegial environment.
Contact: Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume (with at least three references) by mail or e-mail to: Professor Lawrence Marshall, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Stanford Law School, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305. Email: lmarshall@stanford.edu.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Stanford University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Educational Job Location: Stanford, California
AT&T has a position in Atlanta for an attorney with 3 - 5 years experience in private practice. The position would involve managing the continued development of AT&T's extensive portfolio of wireless technology patents, including counseling AT&T's IP business managers, as well as managing outside prosecution counsel. Over time the position will also entail counseling on a host of IP issues including patent and technology licensing, litigation support, prelitigation defensive studies, patent assertion work, as well as AT&T's customer and vendor relationships.
The candidate must be admitted to practice before the USPTO and have a degree in electrical engineering, computer science, physics or mathematics. Experience in wireless technologies is highly desirable. The candidate must also possess outstanding academic credentials, excellent communication, computer and organizational skills, as well as the ability to interact with all levels of management.
Contact: Apply to http://att.jobs (job number 1105859) and include law school transcript and two writing samples. AT&T views diversity and inclusion as essential to its culture and business success.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Large Corporation Job Location: Atlanta, Georgia
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.
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.
Global Pharmaceutical company is searching for a patent attorney with 7+ years of experience as a practicing attorney handling pharmaceutical patent drafting. Responsibilities include preparation and prosecution; due diligence; opinion and licensing work; client counseling. Degree in Chemistry-related area is needed, advanced degree preferred. Small molecule experience is a must. Previous in-experience preferred. Excellent compensation package. Ability to communicate with a broad range of individuals important.
Allerganis a global, technology-driven multi-specialty health care company pursuing therapeutic advances to help patients live life to their fullest potential. In making this commitment, we work to develop an unparalleled level of insight into patients' wants and needs - and into the priorities and concerns of the medical specialists who treat them. To this end, we employ more than 50 percent of our work force in either research and development (R&D) or sales, ensuring our efforts are focused on innovation and our customers.
Position mainly focuses on chemical, small molecule and pharmaceutical patent prosecution work, both domestic and international. Position will advise Research and Development and business groups on patent matters. Opinion work includes freedom to operate, patentability and invalidity. Ideal opportunity to work as part of a patent team in Allergan's corporate headquarters.
Requirements: • PhD or Masters in a pharmaceutical related field with minimum 3 to 5 years patent prosecution experience • Must have passed the Patent Bar • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Attention to detail
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.
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.
Addtional Info: Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
In yesterday's post, I wrote that the USPTO had granted more utility patents in 2010 than in any other year in history – 31% more than in 2009. The ramp-up is not due to increased hiring of examiners. (The USPTO was in the midst of a hiring freeze for much of 2010). Likewise, the ramp-up is not explained by increased patent application filings. (Although there has been a small increase in filings, the large backlog buffers the output rate from input fluctuations). I suspect that the ramp-up is largely due to changes implemented by USPTO director David Kappos and Patent Commissioner Robert Stoll after the departure of former PTO Director John Dudas and Interim Director John Doll. The former regime focused on the PTO's role of denying "bad" patents from issuance. The new regime has modified that approach and instead looks to issue right-sized patents.
Although 2010 saw more issued patents than ever before in-history, the chart below provides some evidence that the rise in patent grants is not an historical anomaly. The chart shows the number of patents issued per examiner over the course of the past decade. The chart suggests that the 2010 rise is more of a return to the grant rates of the first-half of the past decade. The anomaly – at least from this perspective – is the 2007-2009 period where the grant rate dropped so precipitously.
The USPTO issued more utility patents in calendar year 2010 than in any year in history. The 2010 total – just shy of 220,000 issued patents – is a 31% increase over 2009. The previous record was set in 2006 with about 173,000 issued utility patents. The dramatic rise in issuance rate is not tied directly to an increase in filings (although there has been a small increase in new application filings). Rather, the increase appears to be the result of administrative changes instituted by USPTO Director David Kappos who took office mid-year 2009 after being nominated by President Barack Obama.
The high disposal rate appears likely to continue and perhaps increase in velocity. During the last three weeks (Dec 25, 2010 – Jan 14, 2011), the USPTO has issued more patents than in any three-week period on record.
The increased number of issuances raises some concern that the PTO has lowered its standard for patentability. It is true, that a higher percentage of applications are resulting in issued patents. However, the PTO is also rejecting more applications than ever before. It is probably time for a quality study comparing patents issued late-2008 to those issued in late-2010.
The USPTO issued more utility patents in calendar year 2010 than in any year in history. The 2010 total – just shy of 220,000 issued patents – is a 31% increase over 2009. The previous record was set in 2006 with about 173,000 issued utility patents. The dramatic rise in issuance rate is not tied directly to an increase in filings (although there has been a small increase in new application filings). Rather, the increase appears to be the result of administrative changes instituted by USPTO Director David Kappos who took office mid-year 2009 after being nominated by President Barack Obama.
The high disposal rate appears likely to continue and perhaps increase in velocity. During the last three weeks (Dec 25, 2010 – Jan 14, 2011), the USPTO has issued more patents than in any three-week period on record.
The increased number of issuances raises some concern that the PTO has lowered its standard for patentability. It is true, that a higher percentage of applications are resulting in issued patents. However, the PTO is also rejecting more applications than ever before. It is probably time for a quality study comparing patents issued late-2008 to those issued in late-2010.
Synageva BioPharma is a privately held biopharmaceutical company with headquarters, research and development facilities in Lexington, MA, and research and production facilities in Athens, GA. Synageva was formed to concentrate on novel orphan treatments for rare diseases. Our lead program, SBC-102, an enzyme replacement therapy for LAL Deficiency, is entering clinical development and has been granted orphan designation by the FDA. LAL Deficiency is a rare, serious and devastating disease that leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Synageva has four additional orphan products in development. We are currently seeking a patent agent or a technology specialist for the Lexington MA office. The roles and responsibilities include:
• In house prosecution of patent portfolio: working with the Director of Intellectual Property, the candidate will manage a substantial and growing patent portfolio: • Implement and manage the IP operational plan, including • Managing existing patent filings • Providing IP support for on-going research and development efforts; • Drafting new patent applications • Assist in the formulation of integrated IP strategy for all programs • Perform patentability, freedom to operate analyses. • Perform searches of patent, sequence and literature databases to identify relevant prior art; • Review and analyze file histories of particularly relevant third party patents and applications; • Provide strategic guidance to scientists and management regarding strategies to ensure freedom to operate or maximizing patent scope and term
Aruba Networks is the global leader in distributed enterprise networks. Our award-winning portfolio of campus, branch/teleworker, and mobile solutions simplify operations and secure access to all corporate applications and services - regardless of the user's device, location, or network. This dramatically improves productivity and lowers capital and operational costs.
We are currently seeking a patent attorney with 4-7 years’ experience to join its growing legal group and to work with Aruba worldwide engineering and product marketing teams.
You will be responsible for: • Majority of responsibilities are related to the area of hands-on patent preparation and prosecution • Provide excellent and highly responsive patent prosecution services to Aruba’s creative and dynamic worldwide engineer and product marketing teams • Manage outside prosecuting patent counsel and, in particular, oversee China and PCT prosecution • Work with engineers and product marketing to identify patentable intellectual property and generate high-quality invention disclosures (“IDF”) • Regularly report to inventors and senior management on the status of IDFs, application drafts and pending docket • Drive improvements of prosecution process tools such IDF submission and office action database • Understand business needs, priorities and IP strategy and implement aligned patent filing and prosecution practice • Review open source software licenses, advising on proper use and compliance and educate engineering and product marketing teams on same
Requirements: • Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or equivalent Bachelor Degree • Admitted to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office • J.D. (Patent Attorney) with at least 4-7 years’ experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications, particularly in the software and networking fields • Mandarin a plus
We Offer: • Competitive compensation • Highly challenging and rewarding environment • Opportunities to make a difference
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.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Central New York
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.
