US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation

AuraOne Human Data; United States; Remote; USD 205,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

AuraOne, Inc. is seeking a US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation to remotely review AI-generated patent analyses. You will assess citations, jurisdictional accuracy, and policy alignment, and document corrected reasoning to support model training.

Responsibilities include flagging risky reasoning, adjudicating rubrics against authority, and maintaining quality scores across batches. Requires strong legal writing and async availability of 10+ hours weekly.

Qualifications

• Active or recent qualification in patent law or an adjacent practice.
• Hands-on experience drafting, reviewing, or advising on real matters.
• Clear written reasoning that cites authority and names the rule being applied.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current patent law statutes, case law, or policy for US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation assignments.
• Verify citations, jurisdictions, and dates against authoritative sources.
• Flag risky reasoning, missed exceptions, and policy-adherence gaps with severity tags.
• Capture the corrected analysis or memo paragraph so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed treatments against published authority or firm policy.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Skills

Legal research

Citation review

Statutory analysis

Policy reasoning

Patent law

Education

Bar admission or legal-equivalent credential

Job description

US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs in patent law workflows. Reviewers grade citation accuracy, statutory reasoning, and policy adherence; flag risk; and document the corrected analysis so the modeling team can train on it.

Why this role matters

Patent law content is judged on precision. AuraOne uses qualified legal and policy reviewers to grade AI outputs the way a senior associate would — with citations, severity tags, and the corrected reasoning alongside the original.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current patent law statutes, case law, or policy for US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation assignments.
• Verify citations, jurisdictions, and dates against authoritative sources.
• Flag risky reasoning, missed exceptions, and policy-adherence gaps with severity tags.
• Capture the corrected analysis or memo paragraph so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed treatments against published authority or firm policy.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Qualifications

• Active or recent qualification in patent law or an adjacent practice for US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation work.
• Hands-on experience drafting, reviewing, or advising on real matters.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that cites authority and names the rule being applied.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Example tasks

• Verify the citations in a model's patent law memo and flag any miscites with severity.
• Grade a model's statutory reasoning on a complex fact pattern and rate the analysis.
• Adjudicate a disputed treatment between two reviewers using current authority.
• Audit a 25-row batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Nice to have

• Bar admission or legal-equivalent credential in a relevant jurisdiction.
• Prior experience reviewing AI-assisted legal-research or compliance tooling.
• Bilingual experience for cross-jurisdiction matters.

Skills

• Legal research
• Citation review
• Statutory analysis
• Policy reasoning
• Patent law

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

$180 / hr

Qualifications (duplicate)

• Active or recent qualification in patent law or an adjacent practice for US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation work.
• Hands-on experience drafting, reviewing, or advising on real matters.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that cites authority and names the rule being applied.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.