Patent Prosecution Specialist

Ditthavong & Steiner • Full-time • United States • 1m ago

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Patent Prosecution Specialist

A Patent Prosecution Specialist under the Filing department’s supervision will be a part of a busy team in preparing and filing documents to the United States Patent and Trademark Office by the Electronic Filing System (EFS).

Responsibilities

Preparation and Filing all forms of Patent Applications (Provisional, Non-provisional, Continuation, 371, PCT), Responses to Official Actions, Appeals and all other filings by EFS.
Reviews all incoming correspondence from foreign associates for essential docketing and for non-substantive responses due in connection with filing of applications.
On-going verbal and written communication with foreign associates, attorneys and clients during filing, prosecution and maintenance of domestic and foreign trademark applications.
Filing Trademark and Design Applications, Responses, etc.
Filing all documents in a timely manner with little to no supervision required.
Establishes and maintains good working relationship with attorneys and staff, but is not assigned to any single attorney. Will work as a team member with other similar legal specialists to establish back-up and workflow and will have joint responsibility for establishing quality control measures.
Provides historical reference by developing and utilizing filing and retrieval systems; recording meeting discussions; maintaining transcripts; documenting and maintaining evidence.

Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.