IP Paralegal - Booth Udall Fuller, PLC
Tempe, AZ 85281
About the Job
Booth Udall Fuller, PLC
Intellectual Property Paralegal
Are you eager to learn? Love jumping in to help others? Have Intellectual Property experience at a law firm? If so, we would love to have you join our team! Booth Udall Fuller is seeking an Intellectual Property Paralegal to work in our Tempe, AZ office. We handle complex legal matters and strive to advance the expected level of legal representation in the intellectual property community in unique ways that bring additional value to our clients. We seek creative, intelligent, forward-thinking, high integrity individuals who enjoy the interface of business and intellectual property.
Must have recent paralegal experience at an Intellectual Property law firm.
Intellectual Property Paralegal
Are you eager to learn? Love jumping in to help others? Have Intellectual Property experience at a law firm? If so, we would love to have you join our team! Booth Udall Fuller is seeking an Intellectual Property Paralegal to work in our Tempe, AZ office. We handle complex legal matters and strive to advance the expected level of legal representation in the intellectual property community in unique ways that bring additional value to our clients. We seek creative, intelligent, forward-thinking, high integrity individuals who enjoy the interface of business and intellectual property.
Must have recent paralegal experience at an Intellectual Property law firm.
Description:
- Prepare drafts of patent and trademark applications, filing, formalities, and office action response documents.
- Communicate with Firm attorneys and staff regarding patent and trademark application preparation, filing and prosecution matters.
- Communicate with inventors and owners clearly and simply regarding: approval and filing of draft patent and trademark applications; proposed responses to office actions; recommendations to file continuation applications and other trademark applications.
- File documents through and retrieve information from EFS-Web, PAIR, TESS, TSDR, ePCT, etc.
- Support transfer of IP assets, including gathering and recording necessary assignment documents and importing relevant data and documents.
- Coordinate payment or non-payment of issue fees.
- Monitor, maintain and clear dockets by coordinating with attorneys and staff to make sure all docket dates are satisfied.
- Generate IP Status reports and various other reports from the docketing database as requested.
- Process invoices from prosecution, translation, and other vendors.
- Prepare and send demand letters.
- Make confident, beneficial recommendations based on knowledge and competence about the patent and trademark processes.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
- 5+ years of patent and trademark filing and prosecution experience at an Intellectual Property law firm.
- Positive, professional, courteous, flexible, and team-oriented.
- Willing to learn other areas of the firm.
- Honor the highest ethical standards.
- available after hours occasionally.
- Communicate clearly and thoroughly (written and verbal).
- Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Windows and Microsoft Office Suite applications (Outlook, Word, and Excel) and docketing software, and timekeeping software.
- Organized self-starter with a high attention to detail and the ability to prioritize tasks and responsibilities to meet deadlines.
- Self-starter, ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment with a very high degree of accuracy.
- Eagerly seek constructive feedback.
Preferred Requirements:
- Experience with international patent and trademark applications and documents, including PCT and Madrid Protocol.
- Knowledge of US and foreign patent and trademark prosecution rules and procedures.
- CPI patent docketing software.
- Paralegal certificate.
Salary: Competitive salary. Salaries are determined based on qualifications, experience, and education.
The Things That Set Us Apart Are:
- Our high-impact IP strategies.
- Our client-focused collaboration and implementation.
- Our clearly defined budgets are no surprise.
We Are:
- Giving Value at Every Interaction.
- Creative Problem Solvers.
- Humbly Awesome.
- Driven and United by Faith in the Future.
- Respectful of a God, Family, & Work Balance.
Introductory (90 days) employee benefits include health and dental insurance plan options. Full-time, regular employee benefits further include vacation/personal time off, paid sick leave, and 401(k) savings plan with contribution matching.
About Booth Udall Fuller, PLC
The law firm of Booth Udall Fuller, PLC is a firm dedicated exclusively to handling patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and licensing. Our clients are leaders in their respective fields from treatments for cancer and diabetes to sports helmets and semiconductors. We build successful futures through high-impact comprehensive IP strategies with collaborative implementation based on clear budgets. Headquartered as Intellectual Property Lawyers in Tempe, AZ but helping clients in IP law around the world. We love the work that we do!
Booth Udall Fuller, PLC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
About Booth Udall Fuller, PLC:
The law firm of Booth Udall Fuller, PLC is a boutique law firm dedicated exclusively to handling patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and licensing. We build successful futures through high-impact comprehensive IP strategies with collaborative implementation based on clear budgets. Headquartered as Intellectual Property Lawyers in Tempe, AZ but helping clients in IP law around the world. We love the work that we do!
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