Patent Agent - Medical Devices

Mercola•Cape Coral, FL

1d•$140,000 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

This role is for patent professionals to help build an ambitious medical-device patent operation. The position involves protecting breakthrough inventions across various health technologies and operating with significant ownership over prosecution strategy. It is a chance to help set a new standard for modern patent prosecution in a fast-paced, AI-powered environment.

Requirements

Active USPTO Patent Bar registration in good standing.
Minimum 4 years of patent prosecution experience post-registration.
Minimum 50 patent applications drafted, prosecuted, or substantively responded to in medical-device, consumer-electronics, or sensor-hardware domains.
Strong engineering background: BSME, BSEE, BSBME, or equivalent; MS preferred.
Demonstrated expertise with §112(f) means-plus-function claim drafting and structural-support strategies.
Ability to independently sign and prosecute filings without attorney supervision.
Comfort operating in AI-assisted patent drafting workflows.
Ability to work at high production speed while maintaining substantive quality.

Nice To Haves

Prior in-house medical-device IP experience.
Experience at a top-tier patent prosecution practice focused on medical devices.
Familiarity with FDA 510(k) and PMA regulatory pathways.
Experience with hydrogen inhalation devices, biosensors, wearable devices, photobiomodulation hardware, or EMF-protection technologies.
Hands-on experience with AI-driven drafting systems.

Responsibilities

Review, redline, prosecute, and file AI-generated patent applications in the Medical Devices domain.
Draft and prosecute provisionals, non-provisionals, PCT filings, and continuations.
Respond to office actions involving §102, §103, §112(f), enablement, and claim-construction issues.
Conduct examiner interviews and develop prosecution strategies for device-related claims.
Identify claim-scope gaps, structural-support weaknesses, prior-art risks, and specification inconsistencies.
Collaborate with inventor teams across mechanical, electrical, and firmware disciplines.
Feed prosecution learnings and rejection patterns back into the Patent Engine to improve drafting quality.
Operate independently under your own USPTO Patent Agent authority without attorney supervision.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employer Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
Optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Spending Accounts
Dayforce Wallet – get paid as you earn
Employee Discount
Retirement Planning (401k with matching contribution)
Pet Insurance
Wellness Program Offerings
Paid Time Off, accrued per pay period based on years of service, starting at 20 days annually.
9 Paid Holidays per year, including 1 floating holiday.