Patent Paralegal Project Manager Role
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This role involves overseeing and managing patent filing requests, ensuring timely delivery, within scope, and to the highest standards.
You will coordinate various aspects of patent filings, including budgeting, scheduling, docketing, document submission, and quality assurance. This position requires close collaboration with clients, translators, and internal teams.
The ideal candidate will have strong organizational, leadership, and management abilities, as well as significant experience managing complex projects.
Key Responsibilities:
* Preparing all documents required in connection with EP, PCT and foreign applications
* Proactively initiating the preparation of responses to official communications and notifications
* Coordinating filings of EP/international and foreign patent applications and related correspondence from filing to issuance of grant
* Monitoring all assigned cases and proactively ensuring that all related deadlines are met in a timely manner
Essential Skills and Required Experience:
* 1-2 years of experience as a patent paralegal in either a law firm or corporate setting
* Experience working with EP, PCT and foreign applications
* Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
* SUCCESSFUL track record of successful collaboration with diverse stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications:
* Strong experience implementing translation tools into existing workflows
* Comfort working with CAT tools (memoQ fluency a plus) and various Machine Translation engines
* Ability to define processes and standards for translation and quality assurance
* Skilled at training internal and external users in MTPE & TM workflows
* Skilled at vendor recruitment and negotiations