Description:
Patent law firm in Maryland with a niche working with individual and small business inventors is seeking full time patent agents and patent attorneys registered to practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office to prosecute patent applications. Established in 2007, our expertise is in patent prosecution and our firm has obtained over 5,000 patents for our clients.Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and file patent applications and responses to patent office actions
- Conduct patent searches and prepare patentability reports
- Consult clients on patent application and prosecution
- $60,000 salary for practitioners with limited or no patent prosecution experience, comes with a production expectation of preparing 4 non-provisional utility patent applications, or equivalent work, each month.
- $75,000 salary for practitioners with patent prosecution experience comes with a production expectation of preparing 5 non-provisional utility patent applications, or equivalent work, each month.
- You will work on a mix of patent prosecution work including provisional, nonprovisional, utility, design, patent search, and response to office actions.
Benefits:
- Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement account
- Personal paid time off and paid holidays
Requirements:
- Patent agent or patent attorney registered to practice patent law before the US Patent & Trademark Office
- Your patent prosecution experience, if any.
- Your experience working with mechanical inventions, if any.
- Your experience using mechanical computer aided design (CAD) software, such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD, if any.
Other:
- You may work remotely, provided you are online and available for calls and messages continuously during work hours.
- We are seeking full time practitioners for affiliation with our firm. We are NOT considering per case contract work at this time.