What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Assistant position at Harness IP?
Job Description
Job Description
Summary : Under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures, provides patent prosecution support, including docket management, composing correspondence, drafting legal documents, billing, and maintaining multiple filing systems. Uses judgment while planning and organizing the workload to ensure established priorities are met for assigned attorneys.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Prepare shell responses to U.S. office actions or instructions to foreign associates for foreign office actions, procuring cited art and any necessary translations of foreign references.
- Compile materials for office actions.
- Prepare application documents and formal papers.
- Prepare foreign filing instructions.
- Proofread patent applications and responses to office actions. Prepare Information Disclosure statements, including reviewing related information and completion of detailed checklist.
- File U.S. applications, responses, and assignments.
- Analyze and process files after receipt of allowance notices.
- May maintain client database or update client portal regarding status of cases.
- Process incoming mail and email. Monitor client-specific email address inbox and forward to appropriate attorney’s team. Docket deadlines. Review weekly docket to meet upcoming deadlines and review new work received.
- Monitor status of projects. Monitor preparation of patent applications assigned to other attorneys.
- Open new matters; create and organize new files.
- Respond to email / telephone calls from clients, foreign associates, etc. May maintain email correspondence between attorney and client.
- Uses MS Office applications, various online applications, and the firm document management system.
- Assign matter numbers, open files, and ensure information is entered correctly in Aderant, docketing and any appropriate attorney database.
- Review drafts of invoices for header information, proofread narratives and correct any errors. Mark those matters that need to be placed on hold. Revise and edit invoices according to attorney instruction.
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We offer a comprehensive benefits package, competitive pay based on experience and skill, and we provide comprehensive training and support. Let us know if you are ready to take on a career in intellectual property where your career can shine. At Harness IP, you would join an energetic team with a quest to protect the future of innovation!
Job Type : Full-time
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Work Location : Hybrid remote in Clayton, MO 63105
Company Description
Harness IP is a full-service Intellectual Property firm with over 100 lawyers and IP professionals. We cover all areas of IP law while maintaining a deep knowledge of specific practice areas to deliver quick, effective solutions to the most complicated IP problems.
In addition to our talented attorneys, each member of our staff is considered an integral part of our institutional team. Technical Specialists, Patents Agents, Paralegals and Administrative Assistants, as well as support professionals in our Records Services, Docketing, Accounting and Information Technology Departments are recognized and rewarded for their contributions with competitive compensation packages. We’re looking for additional team members to help make a difference!
Company Description
Harness IP is a full-service Intellectual Property firm with over 100 lawyers and IP professionals. We cover all areas of IP law while maintaining a deep knowledge of specific practice areas to deliver quick, effective solutions to the most complicated IP problems. In addition to our talented attorneys, each member of our staff is considered an integral part of our institutional team. Technical Specialists, Patents Agents, Paralegals and Administrative Assistants, as well as support professionals in our Records Services, Docketing, Accounting and Information Technology Departments are recognized and rewarded for their contributions with competitive compensation packages. We’re looking for additional team members to help make a difference!
