Legal Administrative Assistant patent - Portsmouth, United States - Pierce Atwood

Pierce Atwood
Pierce Atwood
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Portsmouth, United States

3 weeks ago

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Legal Administrative Assistant [Patent] - Portsmouth, NH

Pierce Atwood LLP seeks an experienced legal administrative assistant to join our Patent Practice Group.


Responsibilities Include:


  • Opening new client matters
  • Maintaining electronic patent prosecution files
  • Managing the signature workflow for formal documents (e.g., declarations, assignments, and powers of attorney)
  • Recording and filing documents with the USPTO
  • Drafting reporting letters for incoming USPTO and nonUS patent office documents as well as foreign agent correspondence
  • Preparing office action response shells and attending to electronic filings of responses
  • Drafting information disclosure statements and obtaining foreign art and nonpatent literature
  • Reviewing incoming documents for prior art to cite in information disclosure statements
  • Corresponding with foreign agents
  • Overseeing attorney dockets and calendars to ensure deadlines are met and actions are timely reported to clients
  • Maintaining uptodate knowledge of USPTO procedures
  • Other duties as required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:


  • Bachelor's degree or minimum of 24 years of work experience supporting a litigation practice, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Knowledge of U.S. and foreign patent filing and prosecution
  • Knowledge of Word, Adobe Acrobat, Excel, PowerPoint, standard patent docketing systems, and standard document management databases
  • Proficiency in Patent Center and ePCT
  • Consistent attention to detail
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