Patent Attorney #ESF1229

• Based in Shenzhen with 10 offices worldwide, including the U.S. and Europe.
  
• Provides full-chain IP services including prosecution, consultancy, transactions, licensing, enforcement, and dispute resolution.
  
• Over 400 employees from leading tech companies and top international law firms.
  
• outstanding benefit packages and a people-first work environment
  
• Stable, growing company with tremendous opportunity for career advancement
  
• Competitive compensation and benefits
  

What the candidate will be doing

• Patent application drafting: Prepare and file U.S. patent applications related to Standard Essential Patents.
  
• Office Action responses: Respond to USPTO examiner rejections and objections, developing appropriate legal and technical arguments.
  
• Examiner interviews: Discuss applications with patent examiners to resolve outstanding issues and advance prosecution.
  
• Information Disclosure Statements (IDS): Prepare and file relevant prior-art disclosures.
  
• Patent appeals: Draft appeal briefs and support proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
  
• Patent counseling: Advise clients on prosecution strategy, patentability, and related legal and technical issues.
  
• USPTO formalities: Manage official fees, deadlines, filings, and administrative requirements.
  

Experience you will need

• Active registration as a USPTO-registered patent attorney or patent agent.
  
• Practical experience drafting and prosecuting U.S. patent applications.
  
• Experience preparing Office Action responses and communicating with USPTO examiners.
  
• Strong knowledge of U.S. patent law, the MPEP, and USPTO rules.
  
• Professional fluency in both Chinese and English, including written communication and legal-document drafting.
  
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
  

Important preferred experience

• Direct experience with Standard Essential Patents (SEPs).
  
• Experience in telecommunications, wireless communications, networking, semiconductor technology, or related technical fields.
  
• Familiarity with standards-related patent portfolios, potentially involving 3GPP, 4G LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi, or similar technologies.
  
• Experience drafting PTAB appeal briefs.
  
• Knowledge of inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings.