Patent Legal Secretary
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is hiring Patent Legal Secretary right now, this position will be delegated in Pennsylvania. More complete informations about this position opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Provide legal secretary support to attorneys and professional staff in the Intellectual Property Group.
Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Open new matters, and create files for litigation, counseling, and IP prosecution matters. Calendar discovery response dates and deadlines for briefs/responses/replies (copying team on all dates calendared). Report discovery and filed pleadings and motions to clients. Assemble exhibits for court filings and depositions. Prepare subpoenas. Set up depositions. Assist with document productions. Maintain pleadings and discovery binders. Maintain up-to-date, orderly filing in correspondence, legal, and patent files and ensure that files are complete. Calendar due dates for U.S. patent and trademark prosecution matters and from foreign associates correspondence. Print patent docket report for attorneys, monitor due dates, and provide meaningful and timely reminders. Draft, type, and/or edit correspondence, including letters reporting official patent office actions and responses. Draft/prepare correspondence to foreign associates and clients. Download patent or prosecution documents from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, EP Patent Office, and WIPO Patent Office websites. Familiarity with U.S. and Foreign Patent Procedures. Format patent applications, drawings, official responses and amendments. Proofread patent applications and amendments. Patent file maintenance including counting and tracking patent claims. Maintain patent and trademark files. Maintain good public relations with clients; observe confidentiality of attorney-client relationship. Screen telephone calls and record messages in written and electronic form. Work closely with attorneys, registered patent agents, and/or IP paralegals and coordinators, who will provide active mentoring and supervision. Process expense reports/reimbursements. Make travel, meeting, and dining arrangements. Elite time entry and billing. Job Requirements Prior experience as a legal secretary; proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Elite billing; proven IP litigation and patent/trademark prosecution experience, superior attention to detail, solid organizational, administrative, word processing, proofreading and typing skills; ability to thrive in a deadline-driven environment.
Five to seven years of experience as an Intellectual Property legal secretary or administrative assistant; proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including, but not limited to Word (styles, macros, tables); advance knowledge of Microsoft Outlook.
Associate's Degree required Beacon Hill Staffing Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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This position will be started on: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:35:19 GMT
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