IP Patent Paralegal — Autheo | Patent Prosecution & Filings Support

Launch Legends•Cheyenne, WY

1d•Remote

About The Position

Autheo is recruiting a part-time equity cofounder to support patent prosecution and filings for its Layer-0 Operating System and integrated Layer-1, including protocol and cryptography work, DevHub, TheoID and its post-quantum roadmap, the Autheo Marketplace, THEO AI, DePIN, and related software. The role reports to the Managing Directors and works day to day with the IP Patent Attorney and IP Program Manager. The attorney sets claim strategy and drafts the legal substance; the paralegal owns docketing, formalities, and filing logistics, ensuring each filing is accurate, complete, and timely. This is a high-ownership support role within a distributed cofounder team, with a commitment of at least 20 hours per week and no cash salary. Compensation consists of equity in Launch Legends, Autheo, and the WFO Creator Network, plus token allocations in the Autheo blockchain. The role maintains the patent docket, prepares and submits USPTO and PCT filing packages, tracks correspondence, fees, statuses, and deadlines, and supports invention disclosures and application preparation. It also administers portfolio records, coordinates workflows among internal stakeholders and outside providers where applicable, and prepares portfolio-status reports. The first 90-day objectives include bringing the docket up to date, implementing intake and filing-workflow templates, supporting at least one application or office-action package, and establishing a regular portfolio-status report.

Requirements

At least 3 years as a patent paralegal or in an equivalent patent-support role supporting USPTO filings and prosecution.
Strong working knowledge of USPTO procedures, provisional and non-provisional filing formalities, and docketing.
Experience preparing filing packages and supporting documentation and managing a docket with hard statutory deadlines.
Excellent attention to detail, document organization, and written communication.
Comfort working with inventors, a patent attorney, and an IP Program Manager in a distributed cofounder team.
Technical aptitude to organize and accurately record software, cryptography, or distributed-systems subject matter with inventor and attorney guidance.
Commitment of at least 20 hours per week.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PCT filings, foreign prosecution coordination, and multi-jurisdiction formalities.
Familiarity with patent-management or docketing software and invention-disclosure systems.
Experience supporting software, cryptography, blockchain, cloud, or other advanced-technology patents, including post-quantum cryptography such as NIST ML-KEM, ML-DSA, or SLH-DSA.
A technical degree or coursework in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
USPTO registration as a patent agent; not required.
Prior work in a startup, deep-tech, or high-velocity R&D environment.

Responsibilities

Maintain the patent docket for provisional and non-provisional applications, office-action dates, PCT filings, national-phase deadlines, maintenance fees, and related formalities.
Prepare and submit complete, correctly formatted, timely USPTO and PCT filing packages and formal documents.
Track correspondence, fees, and application status, and flag approaching deadlines early enough for the attorney and inventors to act.
Support invention-harvesting meetings and help inventors complete disclosure and intake forms.
Organize technical materials, figures, and prior-art references into supporting documentation for provisional and non-provisional filings.
Assist with prior-art collection and document management to support efficient drafting and prosecution.
Keep application files, versions, assignments, and inventor records complete and current.
Coordinate workflows among the IP Patent Attorney, IP Program Manager, inventors, and, where used, outside counsel and a patent illustrator.
Prepare portfolio-status reports for the attorney and Managing Directors.
Within the first 90 days, establish a complete, current docket with deadlines, owners, and status; implement standardized intake, filing-checklist, and document-workflow templates; support at least one application or office-action package; and provide a regular portfolio-status report.