Consilio's ELS Direct Hire Staffing Division is excited to be assisting one of our law firm clients in finding an IP Docketing Specialist in their DC office.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Calendars dates in connection with patent and trademark application filings, formalities, office actions, maintenance fees
- Downloads electronic correspondence from USPTO, foreign patent offices, or foreign agents and file into document management system
- Circulates incoming correspondence from USPTO, foreign patent offices, or foreign agents to appropriate attorney teams
- Prepares firm-standard and custom docket reports
- Proactively monitors due dates to ensure deadlines are timely met
- Reviews outstanding dates in docketing database, consult with supervisor, and advance or de-docket as instructed
- Opens and closes matters in docketing database as needed
- Assists with intakes and transfers in connection with new clients, attorney hires, attorney departures, or change in counsel
- Participates in IP practice group and docketing team meetings
- Provides back-up support to other docketers as needed
QUALIFICATIONS
- At least 3 years of prior IP docketing or related work experience required
- Thorough understanding of domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution and lifecycles
- Familiarity with various patent and trademark offices (USPTO, WIPO)
- Knowledge of docketing terminology, best practices, and patent & trademark laws
- Ability to independently determine priority dates, calculate due dates, and verify terms in docketing database
- Experience working with docketing databases required, Patricia preferred
- Experience navigating patent and trademark office websites such as EFS-Web, Public PAIR, Private PAIR, TEAS, TSDR
- Strong computer skills with the ability to manipulate and analyze data
PAY RANGE- BASED ON YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:
75,000 TO 100,000
ELS Consilio Direct Hire Division staffs’ positions for Consilio clients and does not staff for internal corporate positions Consilio.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Consilio, LLC is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.