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The Marbury Law Group, PLLC is seeking an experienced, highly qualified patent associate attorney for our Reston, Virginia office.

Company Overview

The Marbury Law Group is a mid-size law firm and manages large, medium, and small patent portfolios. We help start-up and emerging technology companies leverage their intellectual assets to achieve their business goals. We are committed to providing high-quality services to meet the evolving needs of our clients.

Position Overview

The candidate will focus mainly on the original drafting and prosecution of patent applications in one or more of the following technical fields: communications, semiconductor devices and packaging, optical devices, semiconductor device manufacturing, and optical device manufacturing.

The ideal candidate should possess experience in drafting original patent applications in one or more of the above technical fields. Portable business is not required. However, candidates having strong client communication and development skills with the desire and ability to take a lead role in managing and growing client accounts are encouraged to apply.

Job Location

While our preference is to hire a candidate based in the DMV area (working onsite Tuesday through Thursday and teleworking Monday and Friday), we will consider fully remote candidates.

Education Background

The ideal candidate is a registered U.S. patent attorney or agent with at least a B.S. in electrical engineering, physics, materials science, chemical engineering, or a related field. In particular, candidates with industry experience in semiconductor or optical devices and their fabrication will be considered.

Experience

The ide al candidate should have at least 2 years of patent experience in prosecuting existing patent applications and drafting new patent applications, preferably with patent or technical experience in one of the fields noted above.

Duties

The candidate will focus mainly on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in one or more of the above technical fields.

Duties may also include the drafting and analysis of patent re-examinations as well as opinions of counsel; management and direction of foreign counsel; client counseling, infringement analysis, validity analysis, re-examination and reissue request drafting, IP licensing, IP due diligence, and assistance with marketing and client development efforts; possible review and management of junior associate work product for senior candidates; and direction of paralegal staff. In addition, duties may include occasionally supporting our firm’s commercial litigation practice in the litigation of IP matters, including the drafting of pleadings, discovery requests, motions, briefs, reports, etc.

Salary

We offer a unique compensation structure which provides a generous base salary with an expectation of 1550 minimum billed hours per year.

For employees who generate over 1550 billed hours per year, we also offer a formula-based bonus for each billed hour over 1550 hours. Total compensation is based on productivity and billed hours, and is projected to be similar to that of large law firms for candidates interested in billing large law firm hours (e.g., ~ 2000 billed hours).

Benefits

We offer a professional, relaxed, and supportive office environment. Employees enjoy flexible work hours with a low minimum billed hours requirement, as well as comprehensive benefits including paid vacation, health and disability insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, et cetera. For candidates who plan to work on-site in one of our offices, we offer a casual dress code and free parking.

We encourage and support associate attorneys in marketing and developing their own clients. Associate attorneys receive credit for client origination, manage the client relationship with supervision from our partners, and receive a bonus based on the amount of client origination.

How to Apply

Please send us your cover letter, resume, two letters of reference, and a writing sample (published patent application or issued patent preferred).