Location: Bellevue, Washington
Location: Bellevue, WashingtonA privately-held, invention investment company based in Bellevue, Washington seeks an in-house patent attorney to work on a variety of intellectual property-related projects. As a Patent Attorney for us you will use your depth of experience in intellectual property, patent prosecution and licensing.
Qualified candidates will possess the following:
•J.D. degree from high-quality, ABA accredited law school
•Undergraduate degree in EE, Physics, or Computer Science
•Admission to Washington or other state bar
•Admission to practice before US Patent and Trademark Office
•At least four years experience as practicing patent attorney, with primary emphasis on patent prosecution in electrical arts
•Ability to lead and manage a fast moving dynamic team
•Excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills a must
Daily activities will include:
•Assisting in strategic management of existing portfolio of issued patents and on-going prosecution of pending cases
•Evaluating potential licensing value, technical merit, and patentability/validity of invention disclosures, patent applications and patents
•Reviewing and evaluating the quality, cost-effectiveness and scope of work performed by outside patent counsel
•Assisting in developing and implementing portfolio analysis and tracking tools to build infrastructure and enable efficient scaling of work for rapidly growing portfolio
•Managing docketing team to ensure accurate entry of patent information
•Managing staff of Paralegals and Patent Assistants responsible for researching and evaluating patent file histories and title assignments for patent due diligence
Desired Experience:
•Due diligence investigations of patent portfolios
•Foreign prosecution
•In-house experience or other experience managing outside counsel
•Broad technical or business knowledge of software, eCommerce, computer systems, semiconductors, telecommunications or consumer electronics.
Please apply directly to jobs@intven.com






