Hybrid IP Patent Agent – Emerging Tech Focus

Confident Search Consultants; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Confident Search Consultants represents a prominent international AmLaw 50 law firm seeking a Patent Agent to join their Intellectual Property - Patents Practice. This hybrid role offers exposure to leading inventors and complex technologies across data science, AI, semiconductors, optics, and IoT in a global context.

The candidate will collaborate with inventors and attorneys to prepare and prosecute patent applications, perform novelty searches, and contribute to portfolio management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Physics with excellent academic record
• 2+ years of substantive patent preparation and prosecution experience
• Experience in data science, ML, AI, wireless, sensors, semiconductors, IoT, optics or related fields is advantageous
• Working proficiency in Microsoft Office software
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal and writing skills with attention to technical detail

Responsibilities

• Work with inventors and attorneys to prepare and prosecute patent applications in emerging technology areas
• Identify inventions through technical discussions with inventors
• Perform novelty and clearance searches to delineate inventions from existing technologies
• Draft comprehensive patent applications and negotiate the scope of patent rights with the USPTO
• Prepare reports and support documentation for patent portfolio management

Skills

Patent preparation

Patent prosecution

Analytical skills

Writing skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Confident Search Consultants represents a prominent international AmLaw 50 law firm seeking a Patent Agent to join their Intellectual Property - Patents Practice. This hybrid role offers exposure to leading inventors and complex technologies across data science, AI, semiconductors, optics, and IoT in a global context.

The candidate will collaborate with inventors and attorneys to prepare and prosecute patent applications, perform novelty searches, and contribute to portfolio management.