Patent Formalities Assistant
- Recruiter
- SSQ
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 07 Mar 2018
- Closes
- 04 Apr 2018
- Ref
- JV44674
- Contact
- Valentina Dunn
- Job Title
- Administration
- Practice Area
- Compliance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are recruiting for a Patent Formalities Assistant on a permanent basis for a top tier UK law firm. As this is a new practice within the firm, the role will be working closely with partners, having input into building a Formalities process and team.
The successful candidate will have ideally have passed the CIPA qualification. As you will be responsible for managing a later number of deadlines, you should be accustomed to working to tight timescales. An ability to take an initiative and manage multiple workloads is essential.
An example of the duties you will undertake in this role are
- Preparing EPOline instructions
- Monitoring of 71(3) communications
- Reviewing incoming and outgoing correspondence
- Monitoring deadlines and inputting onto the system
- Liaising with fee earners, agents and clients
- Other ad-hoc duties
Experience in patent formalities is essential.