Global Patent Prosecution Paralegal

Dow Inc.; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Inc. is seeking a Patent Prosecution Paralegal to provide comprehensive patent prosecution support.

The role can be based onsite in Midland, Michigan, or Lake Jackson, Texas, coordinating domestic and international filings and maintaining meticulous prosecution records. You will work with attorneys, foreign counsel, vendors, and docketing teams to ensure timely and compliant patent submissions, while staying aligned with company policies and deadlines across U.S.

Qualifications

• Associate degree OR 2 years of relevant work experience such as paralegal, legal professional, intellectual property, docketing, or comparable deadline-driven experience.
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and file U.S. patent applications, international PCT applications, office action responses, information disclosure statements, notices, formal documents, and other prosecution-related submissions with the USPTO, WIPO, and foreign jurisdictions in accordance with applicable requirements and deadlines.
• Coordinate domestic and foreign patent prosecution activities, including filing instructions, foreign associate communications, national phase instruction letters, and inventor-related filing processes.
• Monitor patent dockets and deadlines and coordinate with attorneys, clients, foreign counsel, vendors, and internal docketing teams to support timely action.
• Review and report patent office correspondence and communicate with clients regarding official communications, deadlines, instructions, signatures, annuity and maintenance matters, and other prosecution activities.
• Support invention evaluation and inventor-related processes by organizing documentation and collecting and maintaining inventor information.
• Maintain accurate patent and document management records.
• Improve efficiency, collaboration, and consistency by developing and maintaining policies, procedures, forms, best practices, and tools that automate or track patent processes.
• Contribute to special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

Time Management

Education

Associate degree OR 2 years of relevant work experience in paralegal/legal/IP/docketing

Tools

Docketing systems

Job description

Dow Inc. is seeking a Patent Prosecution Paralegal to provide comprehensive patent prosecution support.

The role can be based onsite in Midland, Michigan, or Lake Jackson, Texas, coordinating domestic and international filings and maintaining meticulous prosecution records. You will work with attorneys, foreign counsel, vendors, and docketing teams to ensure timely and compliant patent submissions, while staying aligned with company policies and deadlines across U.S.