Core Wireless Licensing Ltd. has an immediate requirement for a senior professional to fill the role of Patent Attorney in our Plano, Texas office.

Job Purpose and Mandate:

The Patent Attorney's mandate is to actively participate in the process of creating a strong patent portfolio for Core Wireless Licensing Ltd.

Duties:

• Drafting originating patent application for inventions generated within the company.
• Preparing originating responses to office actions for patent applications.
• Preparing continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional or re-issue applications in-house, and assisting external attorneys or patent agents with preparing and filing continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional or
re-issue applications as required.
• Reviewing and adapting patent applications drafted by external attorneys or patent agents to conform with the best practices of the company.
• Preparing, reviewing and adapting responses to Office Actions prepared by external attorneys or patent agents to conform with the best practices of the company.
• Conducting invention disclosure interviews to identify new patentable ideas, reviewing technical functional specifications, publications, presentations and other written materials for the purpose of identifying inventions.
monitoring and pro-actively obtaining missing materials that are required for the timely completion of invention disclosure forms, reviewing incoming invention disclosures, and conducting prior art searches.
• Participating in the patent portfolio mining sessions for the purpose of categorizing and ranking the portfolio for potential use in the industry.
• Assisting in patent licensing, acquisitions and litigation support as required.

Job Requirements:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Member of the Patent Bar
• Registered to practice in front of the USPTO
• 2 - 3 years of related industry experience specifically in the telecommunications area with technologies such as 3G, 4G, LTE, WiFi, WiMax, 1G, 10G, 40G Ethernet, Sonet, PON
• 5 years of US patent prosecution experience
• Excellent written & verbal communications
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well in a team and individually
• Well organized with the ability to multi-task several projects.

If you are ready to take on the challenges of this role we need to hear from you.