Reports to: Senior Patent Attorney
Location: Dubai
Key relationships: Personnel in Dubai and Egypt offices
The role is mainly to support patent attorneys in patent filing and prosecution work in Middle East and in other administrative tasks. A native Arabic speaking candidate with a patent background is preferred.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
- Procedural work in relation to new patent and design filings (confirming new filing instructions; opening new matters, preparing and filing applications, preparing formality documents, monitoring deadlines/diary and liaising with various local agents);
- Procedural work in relation to Official Notices (preparing reports and response to formal examination reports, monitoring deadlines and corresponding with clients re reminders, posting corresponding fixed fee);
- Procedural work in relation to Official Notices (preparing Reports, ideally gradually taking over all the responsibilities thereof, i.e. reporting to clients directly, recording correspondence, posting corresponding fixed fee);
- Invoice related work (checking payment status, monitor client payment status, chasing payment ); Other procedural work (preparing routine late filing/rectification documents);
- Patent Search, download and preliminary screen (conducting necessary patent search and downloading worldwide patent documents and screening target documents upon required);
- Checking results of search reports from foreign patent office / agents and compiling draft search report letters to client reporting results of searches;
- Checking and reporting letters patent and design certificates;
- Monitoring deadlines and sending annuity reminders and attending to payment of annuities;
- Preparing cost estimates and quotes for clients;
- Updating/maintaining Patricia reminders for own work and for patent attorney.
Person specification:
- LLB / Paralegal qualification is an advantage;
- Patent experience is preferred;
- Excellent at spoken and written English. Arabic is an advantage;
- Good communication skills;
- Confident, proactive, motivated, strong sense of personal responsibility, patient, detail-orientated and self-disciplined;
- Excellent time management and can work under pressure, a team player;
- Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, etc).