MOSAID Technologies Inc. has a requirement for an experienced, dynamic, self-motivated professional to fill the role of Patent Agent/Engineer.

Job Purpose and Mandate:

To actively participate in the process of creating a strong patent portfolio for MOSAID.

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/or 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
• 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.
• Occasionally assisting in licensing and litigation support as required.

Job Requirements:

• Engineering degree (or equivalent) related to electronics, with 2 - 3 years of industry experience
• Patent Experience: 3 years of US patent prosecution work
• 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

Job Assets:

• Re. patent experience, preferably registered to practice before USPTO
• Re. technical experience, preferably 3 - 5 years of design or design analysis experience in areas of DRAM, Flash, microprocessor/microcontrollers or high-speed memory interfaces

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