Jobs at Merchant & Gould P.C.

Supports patent attorneys with U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, including preparing and electronically filing applications, amendments, disclosure statements, responses, assignments, and fee payments. Maintains patent files, client portfolios, docketing logs, and deadlines. Communicates with attorneys, clients, the USPTO, and foreign associates while managing detailed administrative tasks independently and accurately. The hybrid role requires at least three office days weekly.

Join Merchant & Goulds Chemical & Life Sciences group to prepare and prosecute small-molecule pharmaceutical patent applications and draft/assist with legal opinions. Candidate should have substantial patent prosecution experience, a chemistry undergraduate degree (PhD in organic chemistry preferred), and provide application materials including cover letter, resume, transcripts, and a writing sample.

Support IDS management and patent prosecution by preparing and filing IDS forms, tracking prior art, maintaining reference databases, submitting documents via USPTO systems, coordinating with attorneys and vendors, retrieving global patent documents, assisting with filings and billing, and creating patent drawings when assigned.

Support the IDS segment and patent prosecution by preparing and filing IDS forms, tracking prior art, maintaining IDS databases, uploading to USPTO systems, monitoring dockets and deadlines, assisting with routine U.S. and foreign filings, managing documents and billing, and creating patent drawings as needed. Coordinate with attorneys, legal assistants, vendors, and manage time-sensitive IDS actions.

Support the IDS segment and general patent prosecution by preparing and filing IDS forms, maintaining IDS reference databases, submitting documents via USPTO systems, tracking deadlines, retrieving filings from patent offices, assisting legal assistants and attorneys, preparing billing entries, managing communications in the document management system, and occasionally producing patent drawings as assigned.

Support preparation, prosecution, and filing of foreign patent applications (PCT, utility, design, utility model). Maintain foreign filing docket, prepare cover letters and cost estimates, review foreign associate correspondence, communicate with foreign associates and attorneys, and assist attorneys with prosecution and procedural tasks.

Prepare, prosecute, and file foreign patent applications (PCT, utility, design, utility model); maintain foreign filing docket; communicate with foreign associates and attorneys; review incoming correspondence; prepare filing paperwork, cover letters, cost estimates, and assist attorneys with prosecution tasks.

Provide paralegal support for foreign patent filings and prosecution (PCT, utility, design, utility model): prepare and maintain foreign patent files and docketing, communicate with foreign associates and attorneys, assist with procedural prosecution tasks, and prepare filing/prosecution cost estimates.

Support foreign patent prosecution by preparing and filing PCT, utility, design, and utility model applications; maintain foreign filing dockets; communicate with foreign associates and attorneys; prepare cover letters and cost estimates; assist with procedural prosecution tasks and related projects in a hybrid office role.

Provide patent prosecution support including opening and maintaining patent files, preparing and filing patent-related documents, docketing and updating logs, communicating with clients, attorneys, USPTO and foreign associates, and performing related administrative tasks. Hybrid role requires at least three days in office and meeting critical deadlines.

Provide patent prosecution support: prepare and file patent documents, maintain and update docketing logs and patent files, review USPTO and foreign correspondence for docketing, coordinate communications with attorneys, clients and foreign associates, and perform administrative tasks to manage client portfolios and meet deadlines.

Provide attorney support in U.S. and foreign patent prosecution: open and maintain patent files, prepare and file patent documents, manage docketing and client communications, maintain docket log, and perform administrative tasks. Hybrid role requiring minimum three days in office and occasional extended hours.

Provide patent prosecution support: prepare and file patent documents, maintain docketing and client files, manage communications with attorneys, clients and foreign associates, update docket spreadsheets, and perform administrative tasks. Hybrid role requiring minimum three days in office.

Join Merchant & Gould's Chemical & Life Sciences group to support active Paragraph IV ANDA litigation. Candidate must have substantive ANDA litigation experience and will work on complex pharmaceutical patent matters in a hybrid office arrangement. Application requires cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and writing sample.