US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation

Zekai; United States; Sur place; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Zekai, in collaboration with a leading AI lab, seeks US patent attorneys to join a focused evaluation project. You will review model-generated patent outputs for quality, annotate errors, and provide precise, well-reasoned explanations highlighting legal, technical, factual and citation issues.

This immediate, part-time engagement requires 12–15 hours across a defined window, with upfront onboarding. Active US state bar membership and 3+ years in prosecution or litigation are essential.

Qualifications

• Admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership).
• Have 3+ years of US patent practice — patent prosecution and/or patent litigation.
• For prosecution work: are registered to practice before the USPTO (patent bar, registration number).
• Hold a technical or scientific degree (engineering, computer science, life sciences, chemistry, physics or similar).
• Hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Write clearly and pay close attention to detail.

Responsabilités

• Review patent-related outputs (prosecution and/or litigation work product) and assess their quality against defined dimensions
• Annotate inline, flagging legal, technical, factual, claim-construction and citation errors
• Provide clear, well-reasoned explanations for each judgment
• Complete all assigned reviews within the review window
• Attend a short onboarding session before kickoff

Connaissances

US patent law

Prosecution experience

Litigation experience

US bar admission

Attention to detail

Formation

J.D. degree

Description du poste

About the Role

our partner is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality legal reasoning data. We're hiring US patent attorneys with prosecution and/or litigation experience for a focused evaluation project. You'll review model-generated work product on patent matters, judge its quality, and mark legal, technical, factual and citation errors directly in the materials.

What You'll Do

• Review patent-related outputs (prosecution and/or litigation work product) and assess their quality against defined dimensions

• Annotate inline, flagging legal, technical, factual, claim-construction and citation errors

• Provide clear, well-reasoned explanations for each judgment

• Complete all assigned reviews within the review window

• Attend a short onboarding session before kickoff

You're a Good Fit If You

• Are admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership)

• Have 3+ years of US patent practice — patent prosecution (drafting/prosecuting applications before the USPTO) and/or patent litigation (infringement, validity, claim construction)

• For prosecution work: are registered to practice before the USPTO (patent bar, registration number)

• Hold a technical or scientific degree (engineering, computer science, life sciences, chemistry, physics or similar)

• Hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school

• Write clearly and pay close attention to detail

Bonus Qualifications

• USPTO registration number (patent bar)

• Experience at an AmLaw 100 firm or a leading patent boutique

• Federal Circuit or district-court patent clerkship

• Prior data annotation, AI evaluation or legal-benchmark experience, including prior legal AI projects with our partner

Role Highlights

• Time commitment: approximately 12–15 hours total, within a defined review window

• Immediately required

• You must complete all required reviews, as the project design depends on every attorney finishing the full set

Location: United States.