Patent Attorney — Life Sciences & Chemistry (Ph.D.)

Hylton-Rodic Law; Washington (District of Columbia); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 165.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HYLTON-RODIC LAW in Washington, DC is hiring a Patent Attorney for Life Sciences & Chemistry (Ph.D.) to handle sophisticated patent work with increasing ownership. The role emphasizes meaningful responsibility, client service, and a performance-based compensation program. Base salary is $140,000–$165,000 plus bonuses, with potential for additional cash compensation for exceptional production.

Qualified candidates should have a Ph.D. and J.D., USPTO registration, active U.S.

Formación

• Ph.D. in life sciences or chemistry is required.
• J.D. and active U.S. bar membership required.
• USPTO registration with patent prosecution experience.

Responsabilidades

• Advise and prosecute patent applications in life sciences and chemistry.
• Draft and amend claims and responses before the USPTO.
• Collaborate with clients and other attorneys to build strong portfolios.

Conocimientos

Substantive prosecution

Life sciences & chemistry

Active U.S. Bar

Educación

Ph.D.

J.D.

USPTO registration

Descripción del empleo

You earned the Ph.D.

You became a lawyer.

You chose patent law.

So here's a more interesting question:

What kind of patent lawyer do you want to become?

HYLTON-RODIC LAW is hiring a Patent Attorney — Life Sciences & Chemistry (Ph.D.) in Washington, DC.

And we're looking for someone who wants more than the next rung on a predetermined associate ladder.

We want someone who wants to become exceptionally good at this profession.

Someone who loves difficult science.

Who wants meaningful responsibility.

Who wants rigorous feedback—and actually does something with it.

Who is ambitious enough to want more, humble enough to keep learning, disciplined enough to deliver, and adventurous enough to help build something.

Because we're building something here.

Sophisticated life sciences, biotech, pharmaceutical + chemistry patent work.

Real substantive responsibility.

Increasing ownership as your competence + judgment grow.

A growing firm where you can help shape what comes next.

A life outside the office that you don't have to apologize for having.

But here's something else we're doing differently.

Your Career. Your Accelerator.

Our standard expectation is approximately 1,700 billed hours.

Build an excellent practice there.

Do outstanding work.

Go home. Have a life.

Want to push harder in a particular year?

Go for it.

Associates can unlock progressively higher compensation through HRL's performance-based compensation program.

Saving for a house?

Paying down student loans?

Aggressively building wealth?

Or maybe you just enjoy running hard?

Exceptional production + performance can unlock $75,000+ in additional annual cash compensation.

We aren't going to put an artificial ceiling on that ambition.

And we're not going to ask you to manufacture work just to prove you're committed, either.

When the work demands intensity, we show up.

When it doesn't?

You don't need to leave your office light on so someone walking the halls at 8:00 p.m. thinks you're still working.

If you know, you know.

We care about excellent work, client service, ownership, judgment + results.

Not theater.

Base salary: $140,000–$165,000 + performance-based compensation

We're looking for:

Ph.D. + J.D. + USPTO registration + active U.S. bar membership + approximately 1–2+ years of substantive patent prosecution experience.

And we're deliberately looking beyond titles.

If you developed substantive prosecution experience as a patent agent, student associate, technical specialist, or attorney , we want to know what you actually did—not merely what your business card said.

This is not the place to come because you think a smaller firm means smaller expectations.

It is a place to come if you're thinking:

How good can I become?

HYLTON-RODIC LAW is established enough to know who we are.

And ambitious enough to keep getting better.

Come help us build the next chapter.

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