Attorney

• Proactively manage, anticipate, and act upon actions related to patent dockets for all aspects of the patent lifecycle, inclusive of patent/prosecution filing, cited reference coordination, formalities, record creation and maintenance, and decision workflows
• Proactively engage with internal and external patent professionals across the spectrum (attorneys, agents, and paraprofessionals) to ensure seamless filing, prosecution, and maintenance of patents and applications and to continuously improve and develop departmental best practices
• Anticipate and research complex fact patterns, lead troubleshooting investigations, problem-solve, and produce reliable work product within own or across work groups
• Integrate openly and well with peers and assigned business units; actively communicate or escalate barriers or unmet support needs; understand the unique goals and needs and challenges of the unit and its attorneys
• Lead small projects, or guide more complex patent project activities, inclusive of informing or developing task lists or action plans, assisting in coordinating resources, and serving as a resource, to drive progress and ensure effective implementation and stabilization
• Deep technical knowledge and demonstrated influence across IP industry rules and regulations; anticipate and assess potential impact of industry changes on departmental and business unit strategies, policies, and processes
• Independently engage with other resources as needed to fulfill responsibilities effectively
• Demonstrated judgement in managing own priorities and seamless integration with team members and support of team priorities
• Employ highly effective organization skills and verbal and written interactions with legal colleagues, inventors, business clients, international law firms, vendors, and other external parties
• Independently engages other resources to complete responsibilities.

Associate – Legal Operations Support

Legal, Law Summer Internship