Intellectual Property Paralegal

Our growing Intellectual Property (IP) team at Procopio team is looking for a Senior IP Assistant or Patent Paralegal to join their dynamic group. The Senior IP Assistant/Paralegal will work closely with staff and attorneys and will have a variety of responsibilities including:

• Preparing and filing US applications, Information Disclosure Statements, formal documents, office action responses, issue fees, and other standard IP prosecution documents

• Preparing and filing WIPO applications and formal documents; filing responses and other standard IP prosecution documents

• Coordinating international application filings with foreign associates, including formal documents, office action responses and other standard IP prosecution documents

• Reviewing incoming USPTO, WIPO, and foreign IP office communications and reporting to client

• Docket management, including coordinating with attorneys to address deadlines; communicating with the Docketing Department; and preparing various docket reports

• Participation in Quality Control review of the team's USPTO filings, both pre-submission and post-submission

This individual will also track and enter time spent on billable projects, and handle other billable and non-billable related tasks and duties as requested.

Our best candidates have 4+ years of US IP prosecution experience plus 2+ years of legal administrative support experience. Candidates must have strong skills in MS Office, as well as proficiency in USPTO (Patent Center, EFS-Web, PAIR, ePCT, TEAS, EPAS, ETAS) systems.

Familiarity with time entry and IP docketing systems preferred. Associate or Bachelor degree preferred but not required. This role requires a candidate to have a very strong attention to detail while juggling multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

IP Team staff work closely together; a positive, professional, and team-oriented approach is essential for success. If you consider yourself skilled at handling a high volume of work with sound judgement and you have the skills and experience described above, we'd love to hear from you. Typical pay range is from $75,000 - $115,000 annual depending on experience.

We offer significant bonus opportunities for IP Assistants of all levels of experience. If your pay expectation is outside this range, we still encourage you to apply. This is a hybrid in-office/work-from-home position located in one of our California offices (Silicon Valley strongly preferred).

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP's was again named to the U.S. News - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms list, with the Patent Law group receiving a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking.

Procopio attorneys and practice groups are routinely named to various legal rankings lists, including Chambers and Partners, Martindale-Hubbell, and Super Lawyers. Earlier this year Procopio was certified for the second straight year by Diversity Lab as a Mansfield Plus firm for actively advancing attorneys of color, LGBTQ+ and lawyers with disabilities to leadership roles.

The firm offers generous total compensation packages. Bonuses are awarded in recognition of individual and firm performance.

Full-time employees can participate in our comprehensive benefit program includes: medical (HMO/PPO plans), dental (HMO/PPO plans), vision, including options for flexible spending/health savings accounts. We have Firm-paid and supplemental life and disability insurance. We have a great Employee Assistance Program and firm incentives for wellness program participation.

We offer a 401k profit-sharing program after 12 months of consecutive employment. Additionally, we offer paid holiday, vacation, and sick days.

Procopio is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Procopio Rises Above and has made a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion; we condemn the discrimination of applicants by race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.