Senior Patent Counsel

🕒 May 20

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Unified Patents

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2012

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

💰 Private Equity Round on 2019-12

Security • Enterprise

Unified Patents is a company dedicated to deterring abusive practices by Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs), commonly known as patent trolls. The company provides tools and services such as patent validity rating, litigation prediction, and prior art crowdsourcing to protect innovation and industry growth. Unified Patents offers a unique measurement tool of law firm success and maintains a comprehensive database of patent and litigation data, regularly updated to inform and assist their clients. They aim to protect and support over 3000 companies, including startups, against unsubstantiated standard-essential patent demands and other patent-related disputes.

📋 Description

• Managing patent office proceedings internally • Drafting, filing, and litigating patent office proceedings, e.g., ex parte reexaminations • Handling calls with decision makers • Drafting motions and briefs • Supporting senior attorneys with management of ongoing matters • Support docketing, e-filing, deposit account, budgeting, and other IP functions • Editing work product of colleagues, outside counsel • Amicus curiae drafting and support; comment drafting and support • Contract, licensing, and other legal support services • Legal writing, support, and other various legal duties

🎯 Requirements

• 5 years of PTAB (drafting petitions, filing, litigating, deposition) or relevant reexamination experience • State Bar and Patent Registration Examination passage • Ability to work independently and in a team • Excellent English written and oral communication skills • **Preferred additional qualities **Patent Office examination experience • Algorithmic, codec, and other code-based subject matter experience • Semiconductor, analog and integrated circuit, and fabrication experience • Appellate and/or clerking experience • EE or CS undergraduate degree • Graduate Technical (MS, MA, or PhD) degree • Willing to work from DC preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Aggressive, competitive benefits • Generous vacation • Paid-for health insurance • Profit-sharing • Freedom to work from home when appropriate • Maternity and paternity leave • Financial support for bar associations and continuing legal education.