Position Details

Salary $170K – $180K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience mid

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Not specified

Category Legal & Compliance

About this role

Motorola Solutions seeks a Patent Attorney to draft and prosecute patent applications in the USPTO and foreign offices. The role includes serving as a lead patent contact for a business unit and contributing to portfolio strategy through invention mining, innovation scrubs, and competitive analysis.

Key Responsibilities

Draft patent applications in the USPTO
Prosecute applications in the USPTO and foreign offices
Serve as lead patent contact for a business unit
Participate in patent committee and review activities
Manage and focus an issued patent portfolio

Technical Overview

Work is centered on patent strategy execution for technology areas spanning cloud computing, data/video analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and media processing. The attorney will manage parts of the issued patent portfolio and guide inventors and engineering teams through disclosure capture and patent committee processes.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a Patent Attorney with experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and in foreign patent offices. They can lead a business unit’s patent contact role, manage portions of an issued patent portfolio, and collaborate with inventors, engineers, and other patent professionals through invention mining and innovation scrubs.

Must-Have Skills

Drafting patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)Prosecuting personally drafted patent applications in the USPTO and foreign patent officesBeing the lead patent contact for a business unitSubmitting disclosures to the proper patent committee

Nice-to-Have Skills

Managing issued patent portfolioPatent analytics such as portfolio analysis and competitive analysesMentoring inventors with nascent ideas

Tools & Platforms

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Required Skills

Patent AttorneyDrafting patent applicationsUnited States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)patent prosecutionforeign patent officespatent committee review meetingspatent portfolio managementannuity decisionsforeign filing decisionspatent classificationsportfolio analysisinvention mininginvention harvestinginnovation scrubscompetitive analysesmentoring inventors

Hard Skills

Drafting patent applicationsUnited States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)Patent prosecutionForeign patent officesPatent committee review meetingsClient training and developmentPatent portfolio managementAnnuity decisionsForeign filing decisionsPatent classificationsPortfolio analysisInvention miningInvention harvestingInnovation scrubsCompetitive analysisPatent disclosure submissionMentoring inventors

Soft Skills

CollaborationClient trainingGuiding business and engineering professionalsCommunicationCross-functional teamworkLeadershipMentoringAttention to detail

Industry & Role

Industry Telecom

Job Function Draft and prosecute patents while leading patent portfolio and business-unit support for technology innovation.

Role Subtype Corporate Attorney

Keywords for Your Resume

Patent AttorneyPatent Strategy and Operations (PS&O)Drafting patent applicationsUnited States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)USPTOpatent prosecutionforeign patent officespatent committee review meetingspatent contactclient trainingpatent portfolioannuity decisionsforeign filing decisionspatent classificationsportfolio analysisinvention mining / harvestinginvention mininginvention harvestinginnovation scrubsdisclosurescompetitive analysesmentoring inventorspatent committee

Deal Breakers

Must be able to draft patent applications for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Must be able to prosecute patent applications in the USPTO and foreign patent offices, Must be able to serve as a lead patent contact for a business unit

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