Senior Patent Associate

Elevate; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services provider in Gurugram is seeking a Senior Associate to join their drafting and prosecution team. The role involves drafting high-quality patent applications, formulating strategies for responses to office actions, and ensuring compliance with US and EP patent standards. Ideal candidates should have at least 2 years of experience in patent drafting specifically for the US jurisdiction. Competitive full-time opportunities await motivated individuals.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in patent drafting and/or prosecution.
• Experience in drafting for US jurisdiction.
• Drafted 30+ patent applications for US domain.

Responsibilities

• Draft Patent Applications for Computer Science inventions.
• Deliver prosecution projects and formulate response strategies.
• Draft provisional specifications and complete patent applications.

Skills

Patent drafting

Prosecution strategy

Technical competency in ICT

Comprehension of patent literature

Education

Bachelors or Masters in engineering/technology

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Associate for drafting and prosecution team. The incumbent will be able to demonstrate high-level of technical competency in assigned technologies and applying process knowledge and technical competency to prepare high quality patent applications and formulate strategy for responding to office actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft Patent Applications for inventions in the field of Computer Science, Information and communication technologies.
• Deliver prosecution projects including independently formulating response strategy for office actions along with complete draft responses to office actions.
• Draft provisional specifications and complete patent applications including well-crafted claim sets that conform to US and EP patent legal and procedural standards.

Knowledge and Skills

• Bachelors or Masters in engineering/technology from a reputed institute.
• Excellent domain knowledge in ICT field (Information and Communication Technologies).
• 2+ years of experience in patent drafting and/or prosecution with at least two years of experience in patent drafting for US jurisdiction.
• Experience of drafting 30+ patent applications for US domain.

Excellent comprehension skills, reading and understanding of technical literature, patent publication.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Legal Services