Description:
Downtown Minneapolis law has an opening for an experienced Patent Agent with 2 to 4 years of experience in drafting and/or prosecuting patent applications. This person will have at least a Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, or biomechanical engineering. Must be adept at internet search usage in order to access and efficiently utilize sites such as Patent Hunter, Google Patents, Lexis Nexis, Total Patent, PAIR, Orbit, and various patent organizational websites (USPTO, EPO, etc.). International culture experience and fluency in Mandarin or Japanese is a plus.Will work directly with our clients and contacts (national and international) in:
- Evaluating invention disclosures and developing patent application drafts with claims of appropriate scope;
- Preparing and prosecuting patent applications;
- Completing work within set docket date timeframes;
- Arranging for patent novelty searches and analyzing search reports including prior art;
- Reviewing relevant third-party patents/ patent publications;
- Preparing voluntary claim amendments, office-action responses, re-examination requests and/or appeal briefs as required for pending patent applications;
- Assisting inventors, preparing invention disclosures, conducting inventor interviews, and guiding new inventors through the patent filing and prosecution process; and
- Working with clients and in-house attorneys to make filing decisions maximizing the scope of patent protection, to ensure that patents that are filed and prosecuted contain claims of the broadest possible scope to withstand judicial scrutiny in litigation.
