Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP (KLS) has an immediate need for an experienced registered U.S. patent attorney or agent with a background in electrical engineering to join our practice as a full-time, senior associate. Remote associates are welcome. Primary responsibilities of the position will include preparing and prosecuting patent applications and interfacing with inventors for harvest sessions and disclosure meetings. KLS offers of comfortable and supportive atmosphere to develop your career and grow your practice. Requirements for an ideal candidate include a B.S. or higher degree computer engineering or electrical engineering and significant patent preparation and prosecution experience.
KLS offers an excellent compensation package which can be tailored in a variety of ways to meet your needs. Additionally, KLS offers benefits such as health insurance, 401k matching, bar due and CLE expense reimbursements, and the like. KLS also provides each remote employee with technology resources to be comfortable and efficient. KLS has been supporting remote associates and partners long before the pandemic and our expertise in that area has been useful during this time.
Bejin Bieneman, PLC, is seeking a patent associate or agent to immediately join the firm to help support our diverse and growing intellectual property law practice. You will prepare and prosecute patent applications in electronics, software, controls, electro-mechanical, and mechanical arts, and assist in intellectual property litigation and opinion work. Copyright and trademark experience is a plus, but not required.
Skills and Requirements:
The successful candidate will have USPTO registration and at least three years of experience in patent preparation and prosecution. Patent prosecution experience, and a degree in, electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or physics is required. Experience with artificial intelligence or machine learning will be a significant plus. Experience with mechanical work is also a plus, but not sufficient for this position.
About the Firm:
Bejin Bieneman is a boutique full-service intellectual property law firm with a national practice based in Southfield, Michigan. We are committed to growing our practice, and are looking for smart, like-minded people to join us in that effort. We are an equal opportunity employer. We offer a full range of benefits, and a fun, informal working environment. We are fully equipped for remote working and will consider candidates regardless of geographic location.
HP’s Patent Development Group is seeking a highly motivated patent attorney to join its legal team. In this role, counsel will support the Patent Development Group's efforts to build and maintain a high-quality patent portfolio that furthers the goals of HP's dynamic business. More specifically, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing a patent portfolio, personally drafting and prosecuting strategic, high-quality patent applications, while supporting the department in a number of other activities critical for its success. This opportunity will offer significant promotional and rotational opportunities. The successful candidate will
join the Patent Development Group and personally design a career path based on their goals and interests. Future roles can include rotations to IP Transactions or IP Sales & Licensing groups, senior Patent Development positions, and Director- or VP-level leadership roles.
Key Responsibilities:
Managing patent applications throughout the patent lifecycle by working directly with HP's inventor community, personally drafting and prosecuting high-quality patent applications for strategically important inventions, and interacting with worldwide patent offices to secure valuable patent coverage
Actively participating in HP's invention disclosure review process to help ensure that HP's best inventions are identified and patented
Analyzing pending patent applications to determine their value to HP and to formulate a global filing strategy
Analyzing impact of patents in HP's portfolio, including preparation of claim charts
Collaborating with engineers in invention mining sessions, patent scrubs, and patent education sessions
Actively engaging in training, knowledge sharing, and other career development opportunities to hone technical and legal abilities and prepare for promotional or rotational opportunities
Participating from time to time as a member of a cross-functional team to provide support in licensing, litigation, or other matters
Education and Experience Required
A B.S. and/or advanced degree with significant chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, materials engineering, life sciences or similar content
A J.D. degree from an accredited university and admission to a state bar
Admission to practice before the USPTO
3 to 5 years of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the chemical, life-sciences, or materials-science arts
Strong academic credentials
Preference for candidates who have personally drafted at least 10 patent applications
Ability to work with clients in a team-oriented partnership to help them arrive at effective solutions to their problems
Flexibility to accept new and different challenges in a fast-paced, high-tech environment
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
A positive attitude, creative spirit, passion for IP law, and strong motivation to excel
Ward Law Office LLC (WLO) is a virtual “IP boutique” law firm with attorneys
and staff located primarily in Ohio and Michigan. WLO has an immediate opening for an associate patent attorney or agent with 1-7 years experience. This is a full-time remote position with opportunities for training and advancement in a fast-paced and rewarding environment. The position has a billable hour requirement of 1500 hours per year.
WLO represents a wide variety of clients ranging from independent inventors to Fortune 500 companies, in many different industries and technologies. The firm was founded to provide high quality patent and trademark services while also being flexible to meet the unique needs of our clients. Our passion is helping and educating inventors, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. If you share this passion, we are the right firm for you.
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter to Kristi Ward, Business Manager, at kristi@wardpatent.com. For more information about the firm, applicants are encouraged to visit our website at www.wardpatent.com.
Additional Info Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Remote
Banner Witcoff is seeking a Biotech or Chemistry Patent Attorney with 5 or more years of experience in patent prosecution. Banner Witcoff is open to considering remote candidates. A background in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, or Immunology is preferred. An advanced degree is strongly preferred. Duties include, but are not limited to evaluating patent portfolios, drafting and prosecuting patent applications, patent portfolio management and counseling.
Admission (or eligibility for admission) to the state bar and admission to practice before the USPTO is required. Qualified candidates should submit a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and transcripts (law school, undergraduate, and/or graduate).
Additional Info Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Chicago, IL - Washington, DC - Remote
Banner Witcoff is seeking a trademark attorney having about 5 – 10 years experience with trademark prosecution, counseling, and enforcement, as well as experience handling matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), for its Chicago, IL or Washington, DC offices. Banner Witcoff is open to considering remote candidates. Patent bar eligibility is preferred but not required.
Banner Witcoff is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. The Firm will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, pregnancy, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, legal citizenship or any other status protected by law.
Nelson Mullins is seeking an intellectual property associate to work in Boston, MA. You have meaningful experience with patentability and freedom-to-operate analysis, opinion work, due diligence projects, and client counseling. You will receive mentoring and training in the practice of intellectual property law. As a Nelson Mullins Associate, you’ll be joining the ranks of over 800 attorneys and a firm culture that will offer you a broad practice platform that is also personal enough to provide individual client attention no matter your office location. Want to know more about Nelson Mullins? Check out our Firm Culture here.
Drawing from more than 3 years’ experience working in IP law, you have meaningful patent prosecution experience with an immunology background preferred though not required. You will work directly with attorneys and patent agents on IP matters for leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
You have a PhD (or equivalent) in molecular cell biology, immunology, biochemistry or relevant biological science required. You have meaningful prior patent preparation and prosecution experience, preferably two to seven years’ experience. You have excelled academically with strong writing, analytical, and communications skills. You are admitted to the state Bar of a major metropolitan city where Nelson Mullins has an office.
Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (HFZ), a boutique law firm located in downtown Chicago, is looking for local patent attorneys with 1-5 years’ experience to join our patent prosecution team. HFZ represents clients in a wide variety of industries and technologies including the automotive, aerospace, electronics, software, Internet, e-commerce, wireless and cloud technology sectors, artificial intelligence and machine learning, biomedical instrumentation and consumer goods, process technologies and digital signal processing industries, media and process control technologies, amongst others. This full-time position has a billable hour requirement of 1850 hours with a year-end bonus potential.
Benefits of working with HFZ:
Competitive compensation commensurate with experience and strong benefits package
Excellent work/life balance
HFZ works with many Fortune 500 technology companies and three of the top twenty-five patent producing companies in the US
Exposure to a wide variety of technologies and clients
Team environment
Small Firm environment with an Open-door Policy allowing easy access to senior attorneys and Managing Partners
Non-Equity/Equity Partnership consideration after a total of seven years’ work experience, two years of which must be with HFZ.
Requirements:
1-5 years of patent prosecution experience
Admitted to USPTO
Registered attorney
Previous work focused primarily on drafting and prosecuting patent applications and office action responses
Excellent academic credentials in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Biomedical or Mechanical Engineering
To apply please submit your resume, transcripts and cover letter to the Patent Associate Attorney Job Opportunity posted on HFZ’s website: https://hfzlaw.com/recruit
ATTN: Bill O’Connor Recruitment Manager
Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC is committed to diversity as a core value of the firm. We continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. A diverse and inclusive workforce enriches our work experience and enhances the value of our legal services. HFZ is an Equal Opportunity/ M/F/Vet/Disabled Employer.
Additional Info Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Chicago, IL
Nyemaster Goode, PC is seeking motivated candidates with 5+ years of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications to join our expanding IP team.
We are seeking one or more experienced patent attorneys to assist our team in patent preparation/prosecution, drafting patent opinions, IP diligence, and strategic IP business counseling. Individual or groups of attorneys seeking new opportunities are encouraged to apply. The desired candidates will have experience in all stages of patent preparation/prosecution, including drafting original applications, foreign filings, responding to official actions, and appeals. All technical backgrounds will be seriously considered, but a bachelor’s degree in one of the following arts is preferred: mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science. The desired candidates will have the desire and skills to grow our IP practice by networking with and marketing to prospective new clients.
Relocation candidates are welcome to apply – must be eligible for waiver into Iowa or willing to sit for the next bar exam.
Remote flexibility will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Norton Rose Fulbright is seeking a technical advisor or patent agent to join the IP Group. The candidate should have excellent academic credentials in addition to strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills. The ideal candidate would also have one or more Electrical Engineering degrees with a focus in wireless communications. The candidate would handle strategic patent prosecution and patent vetting matters, support patent infringement actions in analyzing infringement and validity issues, and evaluate and map patent claims to industry standards. This position may be located in our Austin, Dallas, or Houston office. Please indicate your office(s) of interest in your inquiry.
Equal Employment Opportunity/M/F/disability/protected veteran status
Bainwood Huang is seeking a patent attorney or agent to assist with growing portfolio of patent work. We are a dedicated, reliable, and hard-working team of professionals looking to add to our ranks. Our clients are industry leaders in Internet technologies, electronics, software, and mechanical designs. Candidates should be computer savvy, with solid technical backgrounds and excellent writing and analysis skills.
Minimum responsibilities include new application drafting and prosecution for firm clients. Practitioners are welcome to bring their existing clients to the firm, but new clients are not required. A full-time support staff is available to assist practitioners. In additional to local candidates, strong remote candidates will also be considered, provided they are prepared to work exclusively for the firm and show a commitment to being fully engaged from a distance.
Chernoff Vilhauer LLP, a boutique intellectual property law firm based in Portland, Oregon, seeks a USPTO licensed patent attorney with preferably at least three years of patent prosecution experience. Preferred candidates will also have a technical background in electrical engineering, fiber optic communications, and/or encryption/security. Chernoff Vilhauer exclusively practices intellectual property law, with a focus on patent and trademark prosecution, intellectual property litigation, and licensing. We help our clients grow their portfolios and enforce their interests domestically and internationally. We offer flexible work hours, room to grow your practice, and a congenial work environment while providing exceptional legal services to our clients.
USPTO licensed patent attorney with preferably at least three years of patent prosecution experience. Preferred candidates will also have a technical background in electrical engineering, fiber optic communications, and/or encryption/security.
Please send letter of interest, resume, and writing sample to apply@chernofflaw.com.
Additional Info Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Portland, OR
Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP has an opening for a registered U.S. patent attorney or patent agent to join our growing practice as a full-time senior associate. Remote associates are welcome. Primary responsibilities will include preparing and prosecuting patent applications. Requirements for an ideal candidate include a B.S. or higher degree in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering and at least five years of patent preparation and prosecution experience.
KLS offers a competitive compensation package as well as benefits such as health insurance, 401k matching, bar due and CLE costs, and the like.
onsemi is seeking a patent attorney to join the Intellectual Property Legal Department team, located in Phoenix, Arizona. As a Corporate IP Counsel, you will be responsible for helping develop onsemi’s patent portfolio and for implementing the company’s intellectual property strategy in close coordination with one or more of onsemi’s business units.
Performance Objectives:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:
Develop and implement evolving corporate intellectual property strategy
Actively manage the invention disclosure process for inventions from onsemi’s engineering community, including by participating in patent committees, supervising outside counsel in the drafting and prosecution of new patent filings, and so forth
Perform competitive analysis and landscape studies related to the company’s products
Conduct new product clearance activities including non-infringement and invalidity analyses
Assist with a wide variety of other intellectual property matters including IP litigation support, drafting and negotiating IP agreements, mergers and acquisition diligence, patent monetization, portfolio analytics, budgeting, and more
Qualifications - External:
J.D. degree from an A.B.A. accredited law school, and membership with at least one state bar
Admission to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
3+ years of experience as a patent attorney
Bachelor's (or higher) degree in Electrical Engineering or physics, preferably with a strong technical background involving integrated circuits, semiconductor device physics, and semiconductor manufacturing technologies
Fluency in written and spoken English
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a continued focus on the automotive and industrial end-markets, onsemi is accelerating change and driving disruptive innovation towards a sustainable ecosystem in high-growth megatrends such as vehicle electrification, advanced safety, alternative energy and factory automation. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world. Today, the industrial and automotive end-markets are responsible for two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, providing an immense opportunity for onsemi to do its part in achieving a net-zero economy with its intelligent power and sensing technologies. Climate change presents not only a risk to the environment, but also opportunities for innovative business solutions, and onsemi is committed to applying its research and design expertise and adapting its own operations to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040.
Dorsey’s Patent group is seeking an associate with two to three years of experience and a technical background in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field and an interest for patent prosecution involving complex software systems. Successful candidates may be based in Seattle, Salt Lake City, or Denver, and a demonstrated commitment to one of these locations is preferred. You will join an exceptional team of attorneys, agents, paralegals, and staff servicing a wide array of clients – from large multinational corporations to entrepreneurs and innovative startup companies. You will have responsibility for an active docket of patent prosecution matters – from drafting applications through all phases of domestic and foreign patent prosecution. You will have the opportunity to counsel clients on patent strategy, and gain exposure to conducting searches and preparing patentability, invalidity, and non-infringement opinions. In our general practice firm, there are also opportunities to support litigation and transactional practices.
The following qualifications are required:
USPTO admission
Two to three years of patent attorney or agent experience
B.S. and/or M.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or a B.S. in Engineering with relevant technical Electrical Engineering or Computer Science work experience
Viasat, Inc, an American communications company based in Carlsbad, California, is seeking a patent attorney.
Job Responsibilities :
Enhancing communication all around the globe… Our customers range from Commercial to Government making us complex, yet flexible in meeting the world’s communication needs. Each group at ViaSat contributes to the launch of every satellite, how exciting is that?
As a Patent Attorney you will utilize your expertise by supporting one or more business areas through working with in-house counsel, outside patent counsel, business area managers, technical leads, and inventors. You will prepare and prosecute patent applications, patent searching, and other activities in support of company’s patent portfolio.
Requirements :
Engineering experience in one or more of: networking/Internet, cloud computing, telecommunications, information assurance, signal processing, big data
5-10 years experience in patent drafting and prosecution
USPTO registration
Ability to function in a dynamic team-oriented environment
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science or related field with relevant experience
Juris Doctorate
U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residence status may be required for some projects in which case, verification of such status will be required upon accepting employment
Ability to travel up to 10%
Preferences :
Invention harvesting
Landscape analysis
PCT/International patent
Additional Requirements and information:
Minimum education: BA/BS
Years of experience: 5-8 years
Travel: Up to 10%
Citizenship: US Citizenship or Permanent Resident Status required
Viasat, Inc, an American communications company based in Carlsbad, California, is seeking a patent agent.
Job Responsibilities :
Enhancing communication all around the globe… Our customers range from Commercial to Government making us complex, yet flexible in meeting the world’s communication needs. Each group at ViaSat contributes to the launch of every satellite, how exciting is that?
As a Patent Agent you will utilize your expertise by supporting one or more business areas through working with in-house counsel, outside patent counsel, business area managers, technical leads, and inventors. You will prepare and prosecute patent applications, patent searching, and other activities in support of company’s patent portfolio.
Requirements :
Engineering experience in one or more of: networking/Internet, cloud computing, telecommunications, information assurance, signal processing, big data
5-10 years experience in patent drafting and prosecution
USPTO registration
Ability to function in a dynamic team-oriented environment
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science or related field with relevant experience
U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residence status may be required for some projects in which case, verification of such status will be required upon accepting employment
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. is seeking an EE or CS Patent Prosecution Associate/Agent to work in Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; or Mt. View, CA.
Roles and responsibilities:
Electrical Engineering or Computer Science degree
At least 3 years of patent prosecution experience
Experience prosecuting software and Internet technologies including: multi-tenant databases, security, web apps, user interfaces, API’s, big data, analytics, machine learning
Excellent academic credentials and professional references
Demonstrated ownership of projects and willingness to work hard in a team-oriented setting, but with significant independence
Qualified and interested candidates should submit a PDF of their cover letter, resume, and transcripts, addressing materials to Michelle Baird-Johnson, Director of Talent Acquisition and Integration
Additional Info Employer Type: Law Firm Job Location: Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; or Mt. View, CA
Paul Hastings’ growing technology transactions practice is seeking a 2nd-4th year associate. Candidates may sit in the Palo Alto or San Diego office. This position will support the team on a broad range of transactions and provide experience drafting varied commercial and technology agreements. The position includes exposure to a wide range of industries and supports deals firm-wide, and will include close mentoring by senior level attorneys and partners. Outstanding academic credentials required. Technology transactions or IP/patent experience and a degree in technology, computer science, or engineering is preferred.