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Patent Agent - Biology
Job Description
Patent Agent - Biology - San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
Our client is a top Am law 100 firm, seeking a Patent Agent in California. The salary range for this position is between $150k to $250k.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of patent prosecution experience, including drafting office actions and patent applications, ahd conducting patent landscape FTO analysis and due diligence.
- Experience managing patent portfolios and coordinating prosecution with foreign associates in various jurisdictions.
- Ph.D. degree in Immunology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or related fields.
- Excellent writing and verbal communication skills; team focused.
- Strong client-interfacing skills.
All candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Meet Your Recruiter
Kate McNamara
National Legal Recruiter
kmcnamara@lawseek.com
Kate joined Marina Sirras & Associates in 2011. She is a national legal recruiter, specializing
in the placement of partners, counsel, and associates in all practice areas, including:
- Intellectual Property – lawyers and patent agents (patent prosecution, IP litigation,
trademark, and technology/life sciences transactional roles) - Corporate lawyers (funds, capital markets, M&A, securities, and finance)
- Litigation lawyers (commercial, securities, and arbitration)
Clients include major international law firms, midsized general practice firms, specialty boutique
firms, and corporations. Prior to recruiting, Kate worked as a legal assistant for several law
firms, including Pennie & Edmonds, a former intellectual property firm in New York City. She
earned a B.S. in Human Resource Management.