Patent Agent

3 weeks ago


San Diego, California, United States Kyocera International Full time

Job Summary:

The Patent Agent will work with the Legal and IP team, outside patent prosecution and litigation counsel, and KII's R&D and business units to identify inventions, assist in drafting and prosecuting patent applications, and perform patent-related research and analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate the patentability of innovations and invention disclosures.
  • Prepare, draft, and file patent applications.
  • Draft responses to domestic and foreign Office Actions.
  • Perform research and analysis and provide guidance on patent and intellectual property-related issues.
  • Perform prior art database searches for patentability and freedom to operate analyses.
  • Prepare draft amendments to patent claims, specifications, and abstracts.
  • Assist patent attorneys with the global prosecution of complex patent families.

Requirements:

  • A degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, RFIC, or equivalent technical experience.
  • A minimum of 3 years of work experience in the electrical/telecommunications/RFIC technologies patent prosecution field.
  • Familiarity with Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) practice is preferred.
  • Candidates currently licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as an agent are preferred, but consideration will be made to candidates with experience who are planning to take the Bar.

Working Environment:

The Patent Agent will work in a dynamic and innovative environment with a team of experienced professionals. The ideal candidate will have excellent academic credentials, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive pay and benefits.
  • 120 hours of vacation accrued per year to start.
  • 10 Paid Holidays per year.
  • 401(k) and company match.
  • Pension.
  • Medical insurance.
  • Vision insurance.
  • Life insurance.
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
  • Employee Assistance Program.

Physical Activities:

The following physical activities are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to sit, talk or hear; regularly required to stand; frequently required to walk; and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions:

The following work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to extreme cold; regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.


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