We are currently recruiting for a very strong opportunity within a booming law firm IP practice whererin the diverse clientele consists of leading international innovators, individual investors, start-up companies, and universities. Within this practice, you will prepare and prosecute of patent applications and have responsibilities pertaining to a range of patent protection issues (e.g., patentability and clearance opinions, risk assessment analyses, patent estate management, licensing, PTAB work) while working closely with clients, inventors, and other firm attorneys.
 
Attorneys and agents at this firm operate under high quality standards, which has resulted in obtaining clients who value attorneys and agents who can write polished, well-written patent applications while also grasping the commercial needs. This firm has an excellent distribution of clients, thus you will have the ability to deal with reasonable variety, dictated by your technical capabilities.
 
Attorney Requirements:
* Must have a state bar and be licensed to practice before the USPTO.
* A PhD in chemistry or biochemistry or MS in chemical engineering
* At least 2 years of solid patent preparation and prosecution experience.
Agent Requirements:
* Must be licensed to practice before the USPTO.
* A PhD in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or material engineering
* At least 3 years of solid patent preparation and prosecution experience.
Fluency in other languages is certainly not required, but if you have strong fluency in another language (e.g., Japanese, Korean, German, Russian), you would have the opportunity to leverage that here. Prior applicable research or engineering experience is not required, but would also be valued.
 
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