Patent Prosecution Legal Secretary
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Merchant & Gould is currently seeking to employ Patent Prosecution Legal Secretary right now, this position will be reside in Minnesota. For detail informations about this position opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. .
Summary of Position:
Assists attorney in prosecuting patent applications in the United States and various foreign countries.
Responsibilities:
1. Establishes and maintains patent files: opens files, prepares documents for filing including, patent applications, Preliminary Amendments, Information Disclosure Statements, Responses to Missing Parts, Assignments, Amendments, payments of Issue Fees, etc. 2. Reviews all incoming correspondence from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and foreign associates for essential docketing. 3. Maintains and updates docketing log book. 4. On-going verbal and written communication with attorneys, clients and foreign associates. 5. Other tasks and projects as may be assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- BA degree and/or paralegal certificate or minimum of 3 years experience in U.S. patent prosecution.
- Ability to work independently and meet critical deadlines under supervision of attorney.
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
- Ability to concentrate on detailed work for up to 80% of work day.
- Ability to work comfortably with advanced computer software (after training) and effectively use and maintain a computer database. Possible use of speech-to-text transcription software.
- Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate and follow instructions from a diverse group, including clients, attorneys and others, and to provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
- High level of responsibility, dedication and accuracy required.
- Work on rare occasions requires more than 37.5 hours per week to perform essential duties of the job; may occasionally require irregular hours.
- Regular attendance at work.
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If you were eligible to this position, please give us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Merchant & Gould.
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This position starts available on: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:06:22 GMT
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