Patent Paralegal
About The Position
This is the kind of role patent professionals talk about for the rest of their careers. You won’t inherit a slow-moving operation buried in layers of bureaucracy. You’ll help build one of the most ambitious high-speed patent operations being assembled anywhere today. You’ll help protect breakthrough discoveries across health, wellness, and future-facing scientific innovation. Your work could help accelerate inventions designed to improve millions of lives around the world. You’ll operate at extraordinary speed alongside an AI-powered invention engine while still owning the human judgment, coordination, and precision that make everything work. You’ll become the operational heartbeat behind a rapidly expanding portfolio of innovation. This is not a maintenance role. It is a chance to help set a new standard for modern patent operations. Years from now, others may study systems like this. You’ll know you helped build one of the first. Your next 5 minutes could land you in our top 5% shortlist — click Apply to start your application (a short, simple step to put you in the running).
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of patent paralegal experience in a high-volume environment.
- Recent hands-on USPTO Patent Center filing experience within the past 12 months.
- Advanced proficiency with CPI, Anaqua, FoundationIP, or IPfolio.
- Proven deadline management accuracy with a verifiable sub-1% missed-deadline rate.
- Strong attention to detail and comfort operating in a fast-paced environment.
- Comfortable working with AI-augmented patent drafting workflows.
Nice To Haves
- USPTO Patent Bar registration.
- PCT national phase experience across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience in a boutique IP law firm environment.
- Bilingual English/Mandarin or English/Korean.
- Experience supporting AI-drafted patent applications in production environments.
Responsibilities
- Own daily patent docketing operations with zero missed deadlines.
- Prepare and process USPTO Patent Center filings and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate inventor disclosures, declarations, assignments, and signature workflows.
- Manage maintenance fee tracking and entity-status verification.
- Support intake and quality control workflows tied to AI-generated patent application output.
- Coordinate foreign filing and PCT national phase activities with outside counsel.
- Generate operational reporting for portfolio health, filing cadence, and deadline tracking.
- Maintain accurate status updates and filing records in real time.
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 15 days annually.
- 9 Paid Holidays per year, including 1 floating holiday.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
