Intellectual Property / Patent Specialist (Docketing)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
The Organization: Stable Multinational Law Firm
Salary & Benefits: Base salary up to $70K, plus well-paid overtime and bonus; Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage; exceptional work culture; exciting work supporting emerging markets
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyze incoming communication related to USPTO; process and enter required information into firm database
- Reconcile as-filed documents, acknowledgment receipts, docket sheets, attorney comments, inbound and outbound communication against due dates in order to clear dockets
- Manage department email for incoming communication and update as received
- Draft system reports and customize queries regularly and upon request
- Audit docket for inconsistencies and inaccuracies. Research, resolve and answer questions related to the docket
- Confirm and update case data using official online databases for US and foreign patent matters
- Assist with new client intake and portfolio transfers
Requirements:
- 2+ years of IP paralegal or docket experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Familiarity using a docketing system, CPI and Patricia
- USPTO and foreign patent docketing experience
- Knowledge of USPTO practices and procedures
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, analytical and decision-making skills a
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong proofreading and reading comprehension skills
- Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
