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Patent Prosecution Paralegal | Downtown Austin, TX | Onsite with One Remote Day/Week
If you're an IP paralegal who wants real ownership of a docket, not just a seat in a big department, this one's worth a look. You'd work directly with a highly respected, in-demand IP shareholder who is looking to build out the team and wants a real collaborator in that process.
About the Opportunity
Our client is a global, top-100 law firm with a growing intellectual property practice in a great downtown Austin location. This is a brand new role created to support the practice's continued growth, which means you'll have real input into how the position takes shape. You'll work closely with the IP shareholder and a newly added associate, with the flexibility of one remote day per week.
The firm is proud of its organic growth, and that growth is exactly why this seat exists.
What You'll Do
- Manage and organize a U.S. patent docket across multiple matters, with close attention to filing deadlines
- eFile Provisional, Utility, Continuation, Divisional, Design, and PCT/national stage applications
- Draft Office Action response shells and assist with prosecution submissions
- Handle assignment searches, recordings, and chain of title review
- Calculate Patent Term Adjustments and process Issue Fee payments
- Prepare and file Information Disclosure Statements
- Support client communication on deadlines, formalities, and filing status
- Correspond with foreign associates and manage related invoicing and reporting
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree, Paralegal certificate preferred
- Minimum 3 years of relevant IP paralegal experience
- Extensive knowledge of U.S. patent rules and procedure; knowledge of PCT and/or national laws of other countries
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills in a deadline-driven environment
- Comfort learning and using firm-approved AI tools as part of daily workflow. This firm sees AI as a way to make good people more efficient, and values people who are willing to embrace and adapt to it
The Details
- Downtown Austin
- Standard business hours, generally 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with some earlier starts, non-exempt with occasional overtime during busier filing periods
- Onsite with one remote day per week
- Great benefits, paid parking available, plus a gym in the building
If this sounds like the kind of role where your expertise would actually be relied on and valued, we'd love to talk.
Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.