Overview
- Location: US
- Contract Type: Full-time
- Practice Group: Intellectual Property
This role involves preparing and prosecuting patent applications for technology clients, with a focus on the cellular and wireless communications space. The position requires strong patent drafting and prosecution skills, sound technical judgment, and the ability to translate complex technologies into clear and strategically valuable patent claims.
Responsibilities
- Draft and prosecute U.S. patent applications involving wireless communications, cellular technologies, networking, signal processing, and related technologies.
- Coordinate foreign patent prosecution and work with international counsel on global patent portfolios.
- Prepare responses to Office Actions and manage deadlines across an active patent prosecution docket.
- Work directly with inventors and in-house counsel to understand new technologies and develop appropriate patent protection.
- Collaborate with partners and other practitioners on patent strategy, portfolio development, and client counseling.
- Analyze technically complex disclosures, standards, and prior art and translate them into effective patent prosecution strategies.
- Manage matters with a high degree of independence while maintaining consistently high standards for technical and legal work.
Requirements
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school; law school transcript required.
- Licensed and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Approximately 2–5 years of patent preparation and prosecution experience.
- Must be based in the United States to support applicable client requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with, or strong working knowledge of, cellular and wireless technologies, including areas such as 3GPP standards, LTE, 5G, 6G, RF systems, baseband processing, wireless protocols, signal processing, or networking.
- Excellent patent drafting and technical writing skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear and defensible patent claims.
- Strong academic credentials and demonstrated ability to manage matters independently with appropriate oversight.
- Experience using AI-enabled legal or productivity tools, such as Claude or Harvey, is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits
- Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans, as well as a 401(k)-retirement program.
Location / Work Authorization
- E-Verify is used to confirm employees’ work authorization.