IP Paralegal / Docketer

Job not on LinkedIn

🕒 August 13

🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

💵 $30 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💼 Paralegal

👻 Ghost score 2%

What it means: how likely this posting is sitting open without active hiring.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Set Up Email Alert For New Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

The Freelance Firm

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1 - 10 employees

Founded 2018

🤝 B2B

⚖️ Legal

🏪 Marketplace

B2B • Legal • Marketplace

The Freelance Firm is a service provider that connects law firms with freelance attorneys and paralegals, offering tailored support solutions to enhance legal practices. By providing access to a network of specialized freelance legal professionals, The Freelance Firm helps law firms manage their workload efficiently, allowing them to focus on revenue-generating activities while reducing overhead costs. Their offerings include legal drafting, research support, and administrative assistance, all designed to improve the productivity and effectiveness of legal practices.

📋 Description

• Provide remote, on-demand IP paralegal and docketing support to client law firms • Maintain and monitor patent and/or trademark prosecution dockets • Calculate, calendar, and track USPTO and international filing deadlines • Review incoming correspondence from the USPTO, WIPO, foreign associates, and outside counsel • Enter applicable deadlines into docketing systems • Support patent and trademark prosecution matters, including applications, responses, renewals, maintenance filings, and related documentation • Perform regular docket reviews and communicate upcoming deadlines to attorneys and legal teams • Maintain accurate electronic intellectual property files and records • Manage a high volume of deadlines and matters while ensuring accuracy • Work approximately 10+ hours per week, with hours varying according to demand • Participate in a 30-minute online meeting during the application process

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience as an IP Paralegal, IP Docketer, or similar intellectual property legal professional • Strong experience with intellectual property docketing and deadline management • Experience maintaining and monitoring patent and/or trademark prosecution dockets • Ability to accurately calculate, calendar, and track critical USPTO and international filing deadlines • Experience reviewing incoming correspondence from the USPTO, WIPO, foreign associates, and outside counsel and entering applicable deadlines into docketing systems • Experience supporting patent and/or trademark prosecution matters, including applications, responses, renewals, maintenance filings, and related documentation • Strong understanding of USPTO procedures, filing requirements, and prosecution timelines • Experience with electronic filing systems and intellectual property docketing software • Ability to perform regular docket reviews and proactively communicate upcoming deadlines to attorneys and legal teams • Strong document management and recordkeeping skills with the ability to maintain accurate electronic IP files • Ability to manage a high volume of deadlines and matters while maintaining exceptional accuracy • Excellent organizational and time-management skills • Exceptional attention to detail, particularly when calculating and entering critical dates and deadlines • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Self-starter who can work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and proactively identify docketing issues

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Flexible/variable work hours • Opportunity to join an established national network of legal professionals • Short-term and long-term legal project opportunities • Resume submissions kept in strict confidence