Paralegal

Looking for an experience Paralegal that has Patent law firm experience.

Duties

• Partner with internal clients to prepare certain agreements and flag issues for attorney review when needed.
• Communicate the advice of the Legal department to businesses to manage legal risks.
• Manage contract workflow and approval process, including verifying that internal requirements are met, monitoring status, securing signatures, etc.
• Draft, review, analyze and negotiate standard contracts (e., non-disclosure agreements, consulting agreements, clinical trial agreements, services agreements, work orders under master services agreements, license agreements, etc.)
• Use the online contract management system and act as first point of contact for user questions, and for managing and retrieving contracts.
• Own standard contract templates and maintain and recommend updates as needed.
• Work with the attorneys on special projects.
• Draft and maintain correspondence and diligence materials.
• Liaise with outside counsel re U.S. and foreign patent drafting and filing requirements.
• File US and foreign patent applications.
• Ensure accurate docketing of U.S. and foreign patent deadlines.
• Generate patent reports.

Requirements

• 5+ years of paralegal experience in Intellectual Property Field is required.
• Has experience in on-line IP database searching is required.
• Familiar with U.S and international patent law.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability appropriately prioritize competing demands.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within a legal team to ensure timely and accurate provision of legal services across the company.
• Excellent abilities with relevant software applications (e.g., Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and DocuSign)
• Proficient in use of contract management systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and collaborate with businesspersons as well as internal and external lawyers, other paralegals, and support personnel.
• Provide a wide variety of organizational, investigative, administrative, and analytical support and assistance to the Legal Department
• Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.