Electrical Engineering Computer Science Patent Agent or Associate 22141 San Francisco

Vanguard-IP; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard-IP seeks a patent attorney with strong experience in drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent applications. Ideal candidates have an engineering degree (EE/CE/SWE/CS/physics/math) and JD with active bar admission. USPTO admission is required for all candidates.

Experience drafting and prosecuting patents related to GPUs, TPUs, accelerators, neural engines, and robotics circuitry is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Requires patent preparation and prosecution experience.
• JD and active bar admission in the jurisdiction of practice.
• Undergraduate or advanced degree in EE, CE, SWE, CS, physics or math.

Responsibilities

• Draft, file, and prosecute patent applications in GPUs, TPUs, accelerators, neural engines, robotics circuitry and actuators.

Skills

Patent drafting

Patent prosecution

Writing skills

Communication skills

Legal research

Education

Electrical engineering

Computer engineering

Software engineering

Computer science

Physics or mathematics

Job description

Requirements

Ideal candidates will possess relevant patent preparation and prosecution experience and an undergraduate or advanced degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, physics or mathematics. Interested candidates must possess a high level of academic achievement, solid law firm, engineering, or industry experience, and superb writing and communication skills. Admission to the USPTO is required for all candidates. JD and active bar admission in the jurisdiction in which the candidate intends to practice are required for all associate candidates.

The firm is especially interested in candidates who can draft, file, and prosecute patent applications related to graphics processing units, tensor processing units, accelerators, neural engines, and robotics circuitry and actuators.