Patent Secretary, fully remote, see ad for details
Remote Patent Prosecution Legal Secretary Chemical, Biotech, Biopharma, or Mechanical patent prosecution. You must live in Texas to be fully remote. The firm values tenure and requires at least 2 years in each job. FULLY REMOTE* CDT Zone Hours: 10:30 am to 7 pm or 11 am to 7:30 pm Paid overtime: this role will work with partners in California and across the US. $75,000-$85,000, depending on legal experience, skills, and education. The firm has outstanding benefits, and you will work with dynamic and well-respected patent lawyers in California and other cities in the US and abroad. This firm has one of the world’s most robust integrated legal practices, with 45 offices worldwide. The firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence and delivers comprehensive legal services worldwide. The firm seeks a full-time patent prosecution secretary with at least 3+ years of U.S. patent prosecution and application filing and prosecution experience. This position supports several timekeepers in Chemical, Biotech, Biopharma, or Mechanical Patent prosecution, including coverage support needed for secretarial absences in the department. Duties: • Prepare U.S. patent applications, amendments, and other legal documents for e-filing and reporting. • Prepare reporting letters for the client to review by the timekeepers. • Prepare expense reports for timekeepers. • Work with Firm Travel to coordinate timekeeper travel arrangements. • Correspond directly with clients as requested. Knowledge and Skills Required and Preferred: • Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required. • 3+ years of patent application filing and prosecution experience in Chemical, Biotech, Biopharma, or mechanical Patent prosecution. • Must be a self-starter with the ability to manage multiple deadlines. • Strong attention to detail. • Solid knowledge of Windows 10 and bolthires Office products, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. • Experience in a document management software, preferably iManage. • Experience in an IP Management Solution, preferably Inprotech. • Available for overtime as needed Benefits: 37.5-hour workweek, paid overtime, very stable and growing, fantastic healthcare benefits, dental, vision, AD&D, STD, LTD, 20 days PTO, life insurance, ten holidays, Discretionary bonus and contribution to the 401k, and a very social, open, diverse firm culture Company DescriptionBonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. is your source for finding and filling permanent financial, accounting, administrative, legal, executive assistant, accounting and HR positions. Our professional staff matches the right candidate with the right employer and we take a lot of pride in that responsibility. Bonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. has over eighty years of combined recruiting experience. Our commitment to you is that we will work very hard to find you the right match. Our hope is that you will be very happy that you have chosen to work with us and that you feel we have done a good job for you. Please browse our web site, www.bonniejones.com and contact us so that we can make a happy match for you! Apply tot his job Apply tot his job