Senior Patent Counsel
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Senior Patent Counsel managing internal patent office proceedings and supporting legal functions at Unified Patents. Seeking experienced patent attorney with diverse technical expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Managing patent office proceedings internally
- Drafting, filing, and litigating patent office proceedings, e.g., ex parte reexaminations
- Handling calls with decision makers
- Drafting motions and briefs
- Supporting senior attorneys with management of ongoing matters
- Support docketing, e-filing, deposit account, budgeting, and other IP functions
- Editing work product of colleagues, outside counsel
- Amicus curiae drafting and support; comment drafting and support
- Contract, licensing, and other legal support services
- Legal writing, support, and other various legal duties
Requirements:
- 5 years of PTAB (drafting petitions, filing, litigating, deposition) or relevant reexamination experience
- State Bar and Patent Registration Examination passage
- Ability to work independently and in a team
- Excellent English written and oral communication skills
- **Preferred additional qualities **Patent Office examination experience
- Algorithmic, codec, and other code-based subject matter experience
- Semiconductor, analog and integrated circuit, and fabrication experience
- Appellate and/or clerking experience
- EE or CS undergraduate degree
- Graduate Technical (MS, MA, or PhD) degree
- Willing to work from DC preferred
Benefits:
- Aggressive, competitive benefits
- Generous vacation
- Paid-for health insurance
- Profit-sharing
- Freedom to work from home when appropriate
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Financial support for bar associations and continuing legal education.
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