Senior IP Attorney – US/EU Prosecution & Licensing

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking senior intellectual property professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in patent prosecution, licensing, and IP enforcement contexts.

The workflows are calibrated to the technical complexity, commercial stakes, and procedural scope of major patent portfolios, licensing programs, and IP litigation. Candidates with direct ownership of patent prosecution portfolios and fluency in IP tooling are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as an IP attorney or patent agent at a major IP firm or corporate IP department.
• Direct ownership of patent prosecution portfolios, licensing negotiations, or IP litigation matters.
• JD with bar admission and USPTO patent bar registration or international equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Construct IP scenarios spanning patent prosecution and portfolio strategy, trademark and copyright disputes, and licensing or technology transfer processes.
• Build tasks across patent prosecution, IP litigation and enforcement, trademark and copyright practice, licensing and technology transfer, and freedom-to-operate analysis.
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as patent search platforms (PatSnap, Innography, USPTO PatFT), IP docketing and portfolio management systems (Anaqua, CPA Global), and claim-charting tools used across major IP practices.
• Apply IP methodologies (patentability analysis, claim construction, freedom-to-operate review) to the standards track a world targets (US: 35 U.S.C., MPEP, Federal Circuit precedent; International: EPC, PCT, WIPO treaties), and produce reference patent applications, office action responses, licensing agreements, and litigation memoranda.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic IP judgment from generic law school or bar exam-level recall.

Skills

IP law

Patent prosecution

Licensing negotiations

IP litigation

Strategic thinking

Education

JD with bar admission

USPTO patent bar registration

IP law degree

Tools

PatSnap

Innography

USPTO PatFT

Anaqua

CPA Global

Claim-charting tools

Job description

Mercor is seeking senior intellectual property professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in patent prosecution, licensing, and IP enforcement contexts.

The workflows are calibrated to the technical complexity, commercial stakes, and procedural scope of major patent portfolios, licensing programs, and IP litigation. Candidates with direct ownership of patent prosecution portfolios and fluency in IP tooling are encouraged to apply.