Description:
Position Summary:The Patent Agent interviews inventors, participates in the patent committee meetings, and prepares and prosecutes patent applications. The Patent Agent manages the patent and trademark portfolios.
This position is open to candidates located in Fort Collins or Denver (CO), Minneapolis/Eden Prairie (MN), Milpitas/Bay Area (CA), or Boston/Wilmington (MA).
Responsibilities:
- Works closely with innovators to identify patentable inventions, and draft and prosecute patent applications
- Conducts patent harvest sessions and supports the patent committees to evaluate patentability of company innovations
- Communicates frequently with inventors, engineering managers, and product managers to support patent prosecution
- Manages the patent and trademark portfolios
- Performs prior art searches
- Supports patent analysis projects
- Generates claim charts for infringement and invalidity
- Supports foreign patent prosecution
- Supports outside patent counsel
Qualifications:
Essential:
- Required 5+ years of US patent application drafting and prosecution experience in electrical technologies
- Registered as a Patent Agent to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office
- Experience managing patent dockets
- Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skill
Preferred:
- Law firm experience
- Patent docketing experience
- Claim chart experience
- Technical knowledge in the following areas is preferred: power electronics and circuit/hardware design including: DC circuits, RF circuits, AC to DC converters, AC power factor correction, high power transistors and rectifiers, RF matching networks, analog circuits and switched-mode power supply technology
Education:
Essential:
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering required
Preferred:
Master's degree in electrical engineering preferred