USPTO · 15 hours ago

Patent Examiner (Biomedical Engineering and comparable STEM backgrounds)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry Level

$67K/yr - $101K/yr

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Responsibilities

Explore Innovation: Use specialized and cutting-edge technology to search prior art--information known publicly before the filing date of a U.S. patent application--to ensure inventions are unique.

Review Applications: Assess patent applications for new inventions, making sure they meet our standards and determining if they are eligible for a patent.

Communicate Findings: Write legal office actions and respond to applicants who have filed a patent application.

Qualification

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Engineering degreeProfessional Engineer registrationEngineer-in-Training (EIT)Scientific principlesResearch planningTechnical writingInterpreting engineering conceptsSoft skills

Required

Successfully completed a full four-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in engineering, OR a combination of qualifying education and experience.

Professional registration as a professional engineer, evidence of passing the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, specified academic courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or related curriculum.

Specialized experience interpreting and applying engineering, biological science, physics, scientific principles, theories, concepts, and methodologies used in the evaluation of technology.

Participating in planning and conducting research; applying appropriate references to the claimed invention; etc. Work experience would have involved following established methods and procedures, or detailed instructions; using some judgment in applying basic principles and procedures; and independently completing recurring assignments, but referring deviations, problems, and unfamiliar situations to a designated person for decision or help.

An engineering curriculum must be accredited by the ABET as a professional engineering curriculum, OR must include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating to particle and aggregate structure to properties); or (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

Applications will only be accepted from United States Citizens and Nationals and your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related competencies.

If selected, you will be required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.

Company

USPTO

For over 200 years, the basic role of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has remained the same: to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries (Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution).

Founded in 1975