Patent Prosecution Legal Assistant

Description
A national law firm is seeking a Patent Legal Assistant, with a focus on patent prosecution (prior experience in this practice area is a must-have). This firm boasts a 7.5 hour work day, beautiful renovated office with snacks, and we have placed 5 legal assistants here in the last two years - all are super happy!


Responsibilities of Role:

§ Preparing and filing new patent (and occasional trademark) applications and associated documents (application data sheets, inventor declarations, powers of attorney, information disclosure statements, preliminary amendments, office action responses, and appeals) with the USPTO

· Ensure all three elements of the patent application is correct (such as claims set). Filing daily!

§ Creating shells for attorneys (such as for office action responses)

§ Docketing – this person will do backup calendaring for attorneys in Outlook or Excel (and reminding them of deadlines)

§ Se...