Hybrid IP Patent Agent – Emerging Tech & AI

Top Echelon Software LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Comprehensive benefits

Professional development

Job summary

Top Echelon Software LLC seeks an Intellectual Property Patent Agent to join our Patents Practice on a hybrid basis in New York. Ideal candidates hold a bachelor's in EE, CE, CS, or Physics with strong academics and have 2+ years of patent preparation and prosecution experience.

The role involves working with inventors and attorneys to draft and prosecute applications in emerging technologies, performing novelty searches, and supporting portfolio management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with excellent academics in a technical field.
• 2+ years of substantive patent prep and prosecution experience.
• Experience in data science, ML, AI or related tech is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with inventors and attorneys to prepare and prosecute patent applications.
• Identify inventions through technical discussions with inventors.
• Perform novelty and clearance searches to differentiate inventions from prior art.
• Draft comprehensive patent applications and negotiate patent scope with the USPTO.
• Prepare reports and support documentation for patent portfolio management.

Skills

Patent preparation

Patent prosecution

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Top Echelon Software LLC seeks an Intellectual Property Patent Agent to join our Patents Practice on a hybrid basis in New York. Ideal candidates hold a bachelor's in EE, CE, CS, or Physics with strong academics and have 2+ years of patent preparation and prosecution experience.

The role involves working with inventors and attorneys to draft and prosecute applications in emerging technologies, performing novelty searches, and supporting portfolio management.