Patent Paralegal (In-House)

Epiq; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Epiq is seeking a Patent Paralegal to provide legal administrative expertise in managing global patent applications. This fully remote role requires over 5 years of experience in a fast-paced environment, ideally within the pharmaceutical or healthcare sectors. Candidates will work with diverse legal matters for Fortune 500 clients in a flexible, innovative legal services setting.

Benefits

401(k) with company match

PTO and paid federal holidays

Optional medical coverage

Wellness Program

Employee Assistance Program

Pre-tax Commuter Benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years as an IP paralegal or front-line IP support role.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Proficiency with patent prosecution filing systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage patent dockets for all aspects of the patent lifecycle.
• Engage with patent professionals for seamless patent processes.
• Lead small projects related to patent activities.

Skills

Legal administrative expertise

Excellent communication

Project management

Problem-solving

Technical knowledge of IP

Education

B.A. or B.S. degree

Tools

MSOffice

Anaqua

Legal software

Job description

This range is provided by Epiq. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Strategic Recruitment & Talent Advisement Leader

About the Opportunity

Our corporate client is looking for a Patent Paralegal to provide legal administrative expertise by ensuring that key aspects of global patent application filing, prosecution, and maintenance processes are accomplished in an accurate, timely, and appropriate manner. Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry is required.

Introduction

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers and legal professionals work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

We are actively seeking a Patent Paralegal located anywhere in the United States with the following qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as an IP paralegal or other front-line IP support role, including experience with most aspects of patent support.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, required.
• Experience working effectively across a large portfolio in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities is critical.
• Proficient and experienced with Outlook, MSOffice programs, legal software, or docketing programs (e.g., Anaqua).
• General knowledge of United States, EP, and PCT patent rules and practice.
• Experience with electronic research tools and patent prosecution filing systems, including experience electronically filing US, PCT and/or foreign patent applications, office action responses, inventor declarations, and assignments.
• B.A. or B.S. degree, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication, facilitation, and project/stakeholder management skills.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Support our multinational corporate client on the following:

• Proactively manage, anticipate, and act upon actions related to patent dockets for all aspects of the patent lifecycle, inclusive of patent/prosecution filing, cited reference coordination, formalities, record creation and maintenance, and decision workflows.
• Engage with internal and external patent professionals across the spectrum (attorneys, agents, and paraprofessionals) to ensure seamless filing, prosecution, and maintenance of patents and applications and to continuously improve and develop departmental best practices.
• Research complex fact patterns, lead troubleshooting investigations, problem-solve, and produce reliable work product within own or across work groups.
• Lead small projects, or guide more complex patent project activities, inclusive of informing or developing task lists or action plans, assisting in coordinating resources, and serving as a resource, to drive progress and ensure effective implementation and stabilization.
• Demonstrate deep technical knowledge and influence across IP industry rules and regulations; anticipate and assess potential impact of industry changes on departmental and business unit strategies, policies, and processes.
• Fully remote
• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement.
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO and paid federal holidays
• Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable)

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Temporary

Job function

• Job function

  Legal and Consulting

• Industries

  Law Practice and Legal Services

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