Patent Filing Project Coordinator
The role of Patent Filing Project Coordinator is a vital part in the success of our clients' patent filings. You will be responsible for overseeing and managing patent filing requests from start to finish.
This position requires strong organizational, leadership, and management skills to coordinate various aspects of patent filings including budgeting, scheduling, docketing, document submission, and quality assurance. Additionally, proficiency in English (spoken and written) is required as you will be working with English-speaking teammates and clients.
Main Responsibilities:
* Preparation of Documents: Prepare all documents required in connection with EP, PCT, and foreign applications.
* Initiation of Responses: Proactively initiate the preparation of responses to official communications and notifications.
* Filings Coordination: Coordinate filings of EP/international and foreign patent applications and related correspondence from filing to issuance of grant.
* Deadline Management: Monitor all assigned cases and proactively ensure that all related deadlines are met in a timely manner.
Key Qualifications:
* Experience: 1-2 years of experience as a patent paralegal in either a law firm or corporate setting.
* Application Experience: Experience working with EP, PCT, and foreign applications.
* Leadership Skills: Strong organizational, leadership, and management abilities.
* Project Management: Significant experience managing complex projects.
* Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Collaboration: Successful track record of successful collaboration with diverse stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Translation Tools: Strong experience implementing translation tools into existing workflows.
* CAT Tools: Comfort working with CAT tools (memoQ fluency a plus) and various Machine Translation engines.
* Process Definition: Ability to define processes and standards for translation and quality assurance.
* User Training: Skilled at training internal and external users in MTPE & TM workflows.
* Vendor Recruitment: Skilled at vendor recruitment and negotiations.